Since the beginning of education, schools have participated in the concept of marginalizing so many groups of people. Seeing first-hand the interaction that TikToker ‘@dancingteacher808’ had with their students really opened my mind on just how much history excludes so many important minority figures. Growing up I did come to the realization that the majority of historical figures I was learning about were in fact white males. We were taught about these white males over and over again while I was in school and I agree they are very important to learn about but to spend each year going over the same dudes gets pretty exhausting especially when they are overlooking the important people in minority groups who’s hardships and achievements are not being looked into. I think it is important for schools to teach more marginalized stories that way students see people just like them in historical contexts and develop a mindset that they can do anything just like the people they learned about. Learning about marginalized stories are also important to learn about because you get to hear different stories about communities of people who usually go without being shared. This can teach students about all different kinds of communities and cultures from these stories being shared. Changing the curriculum to better involve the stories is the right thing to do. So many people and I are tired of hearing about the same people and think that people of color, women, LGBTQ+, low-income individu- als, prisoners, the disabled, senior citizens, and many more deserve to have their stories taught in schools.
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Marginalized Stories
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I also thought it was insane to learn that so many figures in history class were Caucasian and that minority figures were left out. Though as I have been in college I have taken courses that completely refute some of the accounts I had learned previously. I too was taught about the same people over and over again, I would be curious if we took a holistic look and included these marginalized groups how these stories would be taught today. I am sure it would be less exhausting. It would also be an opportunity for representation so students can say hey these figures are people that are important in my culture as well. I am curious if there would be any specific people or group that you would have liked to learn about? Is this something you would teach or at least cover in your classes in the future? For me I think it would have been enlightening to learn about the colonization of the Southwest and how the Rio Grande border came into existence. Living in the Southwest region it would have been better to have that knowledge instead of living in ignorance. There are definitely stories that deserve to be told.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with what you're saying. I often found it exhausting and disappointing to continue to learn about the same white men in our history classes. I noticed that a lot of the time even when discussing and learning about issues like slavery, the main focus tends to be on how great the white man (in this case Abraham Lincoln) was to have "saved" the black people from slavery, instead of the focus being on the stories of the intense suffering that was endured by the black people before and after the Slavery Abolition Act was enforced. While it is still very important to learn about Abraham Lincoln, I think learning more about marginalized groups in our schools, in addition to learning about what we are already learning about, would be much more effective. I think it will provide benefits to everyone if we implemented more of that, as well as helping our schools become more of a comfortable place for everyone.
ReplyDeleteHey Aliyah,
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you yes teaching us about white history is important like you said but i also think think there's more to history that white males. like @dancingteacher808 project it was sad seeing student not know some of those people in history. I hope to see a change in our education system, there's a lot of things they don't teach us at school for someone reason you start to question yourself. I don't know if they are ashamed on they want students to forget about history. i honestly hope our education system gets better. Thank you for pointing it out.