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  • aberrate_junior_beatnikEnglish
    2·
    10 months ago

    HB 1017 caught my eye:

    Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a school, an employee or staff member of a school, or a third party vendor used by a school to provide instruction may not provide instruction to a student in kindergarten through grade 12 concerning: (1) Christopher Columbus; or (2) a President of the United States who owned an enslaved person. (b) Instruction concerning a person described in subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) is permitted if the instruction concerns the person’s involvement in the: (1) institution of slavery; (2) harmful effects of colonialism; or (3) decimation of indigenous populations throughout the world.

    Which, though I would agree with this as part of a curriculum, shouldn’t really be mandated by government. Let’s keep the GOP the party of school censorship. I do sincerely doubt this bill will go anywhere.

    MAiD is fine by me, though. It can lead to some really perverse outcomes in a society like ours (e.g. Canada pushing it for some poor people), but I still think it’s better than the alternative.

    • MSgtRedFox@infosec.pubOPEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      So if I understand correctly, it prescribes that our (Indiana) schools can teach my kid about George Washington, but not that he owned slaves?

      If that’s correct, for what reason? Is the mention of this becoming the whole point and we’re saying everything is about race/slaves/oppression, or are we hiding things as to not reveal people’s ugly defects?

      Does this lose sight of judging people on today’s standards versus the standards of their time? (Not advocating for owning people)

      • aberrate_junior_beatnikEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        No, it’s the opposite: you can’t teach about George Washington unless you are teaching about and only about his support of slavery.

        • MSgtRedFox@infosec.pubOPEnglish
          2·
          10 months ago

          If that’s true, I am strongly opposed.

          I believe we can and should teach the whole truth, in the proper context, and appreciate what we did right and what we didn’t (historical figures, policies, society, etc).