Quote Originally Posted by Browning151 View Post
Ever heard the phrase "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

There is a reason that we study history, and not everything is comfortable or easy to talk about but it is important that it is taught and understood. If anything, kids learning the evils that humans have perpetrated on each other throughout history helps them to be more understanding and realize that we are all human and that skin color or religious affiliation doesn't make one less human than the other.
This is true, however it all depends on the teacher and how they teach the lesson too. Although I have to disagree with your statement "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." This isn't viable into today's world as the world is slowly turning into the melting pot America already is. These days we grow up together regardless of race, color, etc etc so those past mistakes would most likely not be repeated as there is no seperation between races (example: whites watter fountain and blacks water fountain) were all equal and that is more than apparent without those parts of history being taught. What if say a teacher is teaching a class about racism and go's through the curriculum and does his/her job but never makes mention as to racism being inappropriate or being a mistake etc etc it all really depends on how it is taught. But me being a father of two I see no reason for my kids to learn about racism in history/social studies partly because me and my girl are different races than each other ourselves and america is a melting pot anywhere you go there are different races of people doing all the same thing. I could understand if there were separate lines and places functioned with a different structure based on skin color but it isn't that way so common sense tells you we're all equal.