(07-14-2019 10:07 AM)Rice93 Wrote:  

(07-14-2019 10:00 AM)georgewebb Wrote:  

(07-14-2019 09:40 AM)Rice93 Wrote:  

(07-14-2019 09:22 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(07-14-2019 09:13 AM)Rice93 Wrote:  You have a better long-term memory than me. I have zero recollection of how my American history class was taught in fifth grade.

Weird, I recall pretty much exactly how it was taught, in 5th grade

I don't think it's that weird. Clear recollection of the approach to teaching a moment in 5th grade American history??? I'm pretty sure you and George are the exception and not the rule.

But we didn’t make sweeping claims about the impact of the teaching . You did - and now admit that your basis is flimsy.

I probably didn't present it well in terms of the teaching. I should have said something to the affect of "every year a new crop of 10-year-olds hear about the 3/5ths compromise and some likely internalize that the Founding Fathers felt that black people were not equal to white people" as opposed to "every year a new crop of 10-year-olds are taught...".

And you miss out on the full crop of graduate degreed people who scream on MSNBC on a continuous basis that this is overt evidence of 'racism as it doesnt even count a black as a full human being'.

The problem may partly reside in the teaching; it is exacerbated by any number of race baiting progressives (whom have the background to know better) who chant this on TV ad nauseum.