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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(14,515 posts) Sun Apr 12, 2026, 02:35 PM Apr 12

Texas proposing to remove Japanese-American Internment camps as as topic not appropriate for American History studies

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Texas proposing to remove Japanese-American Internment camps as as topic not appropriate for American History studies (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd Apr 12 OP

Japanese-American internment camps Prairie Gates Apr 12 #1

corrected BlueWaveNeverEnd Apr 12 #4

While Trump's "Excursion" into Iran will be hailed as a brilliant success in these new history books. surfered Apr 12 #2

Five of them were located in Texas dalton99a Apr 12 #3

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" -- George Santayana Grokenstein Apr 12 #5

As Harry Vanderspeigle would say. "This is some bullshit" Stargleamer Apr 12 #6

Republicans always want to whitewash our ugly behavior! They want to pretend it never happened. They Pisces Apr 12 #7

Among the most important events in US history to be chronicled and learned from. Intractable Apr 12 #8

Let's erase slavery and the genocide of indigenous Americans while we're at it. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 12 #9

It wasn't taught in my history classes - Ms. Toad Apr 12 #10

First chapter of Texas history books republianmushroom Apr 12 #11

But it's US history, like Pearl Harbor, WWII, the holocaust, integration of the military, women building planes, etc etc ChicagoTeamster Apr 12 #12

They dont want a lot of holocaust history either, definitely nothing about women building planes BlueWaveNeverEnd Monday #13

Prairie Gates

(8,304 posts)

1. Japanese-American internment camps

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 02:37 PM

Apr 12

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(14,515 posts)

4. corrected

Reply to Prairie Gates (Reply #1)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 02:42 PM

Apr 12

surfered

(13,790 posts)

2. While Trump's "Excursion" into Iran will be hailed as a brilliant success in these new history books.

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 02:40 PM

Apr 12

dalton99a

(94,712 posts)

3. Five of them were located in Texas

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 02:41 PM

Apr 12

Grokenstein

(6,375 posts)

5. "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" -- George Santayana

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 02:48 PM

Apr 12

"Let's whitewash our history so we can repeat it" -- rightwankers

Stargleamer

(2,747 posts)

6. As Harry Vanderspeigle would say. "This is some bullshit"

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 03:06 PM

Apr 12

Teaching about the camps should definitely be taught.

Pisces

(6,287 posts)

7. Republicans always want to whitewash our ugly behavior! They want to pretend it never happened. They

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 03:15 PM

Apr 12

don’t want their precious sons and daughters to ever think America made mistakes or did bad things!

Erase slavery
Erase internment camps
Erase Hiroshima
Erase that we allowed husbands to beat their wives

The dummification of American students!

Intractable

(2,288 posts)

8. Among the most important events in US history to be chronicled and learned from.

Reply to Pisces (Reply #7)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 03:17 PM

Apr 12

It's important to see the ugliness in our past, so that we learn for the future.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(136,342 posts)

9. Let's erase slavery and the genocide of indigenous Americans while we're at it.

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 03:21 PM

Apr 12

The Civil War? That was over tariffs. /s

Ms. Toad

(38,717 posts)

10. It wasn't taught in my history classes -

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 03:24 PM

Apr 12

And The Holocaust, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki were taught mostly as footnotes.

Not saying that is good - just that if those subjects are being taught in any v substantive manner currently, it is a relatively recent thing.