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 11.14.2020 Rhett Adam World Geography Period 7AH

Unnecessary Censorship Textbook Censorship History textbooks that are obliged to include sensitive topics filter information like sand through a sieve. Textbook writers and school systems are a cancerous system of parasitic moths eating away at the history of themselves.

Problems 1. Inaccurate, bias, and/or shallow information. 2. Disrespectful towards people personally affected by slavery/segregation.

Specifications Beginning in 1619, slavery gave the U.S a reputation for racism and inhumane acts. Not only does racism and segregation reflect 345 years of our history but also the millions of people affected. For textbook writers to ornament racism, it reflects our current society’s eagerness to close its eyes and ears.

Solutions I. Educational propositions towards the school board If everyone were to come together and propose to the school board how much we are eager to learn about our history in full, it would give the school board no choice but to give students what they want. II. Personal education by reading and researching By using resources such as the census, ancestry websites, DNA tests, and books, today’s youth can find out more about their history than formal education would ever have taught them. 

Children’s Literature Much of children’s literature devoted to slavery and segregation legitimately shows smiling slaves. Child-friendly literature is meant to make topics easier for children to learn much more about something they otherwise wouldn’t understand. Most of us are left to hope that the school system and/or the authors of these books provide context for their work. Otherwise, children’s literature still keeps its strong uphold on white supremacy.

Problems 1. Children’s literature has a strong uphold on white supremacy by disregarding important history. 2. Extremely disrespectful towards anyone affected by slavery or segregation. 3. Gives the wrong message to kids and can have repercussions for these children later in life when they realize what they were taught was inaccurate.

Specifications Censoring content for children does not mean white-washing a child’s growing mind. For most of the older generation, they grew up with real books with real depictions of slavery. Books such as “A Birthday Cake for George Washington” are prime examples of what it means to white-wash slavery to bring in money from school systems. We live in a tick-tock society based on materialistic, white-washed, Dr. Seuss depictions of slavery.

Solutions III. Passive Protests Passively protesting the school system has been done many times before. Whether it be physical protesting or online protesting, enough people have the power to turn anything around. IV. Professionally review books before publishing or allowing them in school. Before publishing books or letting them enter school, they should be professionally reviewed by the school system to keep perfect accuracy....