What You Should Know About (Our) History
Whatever people (myself included) tell you about history, always bear in mind that their views could, at least to some extent, be biased. The way we look at the world, including history, is greatly influenced by what we have been told by our parents, school teachers, or colleagues, and so on. What is printed in the newspapers and broadcasted on the TV does shape our minds and even our collective memory.
I can only vaguely remember what my teachers were talking about in history class. It’s not that I was an ignorant child; being a binge reader, I couldn’t help but incidentally learn about the past—from a white and Western perspective, I might add! In the second grade, ...
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