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Philly schools to require African history class to Graduate
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| June 9, 2005
Posted on 06/09/2005 7:49:35 PM PDT by FeeinTennessee
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DARNIT! We are Americans already! They need to nix the African class. I tell ya, more and more, Americans are losing their identity!
--Fee, a black conservative (I'm not an 'African-American'. I was born in the USA and am proud of it)
To: FeeinTennessee
Will the textbooks be written by Louis Farrakhan?........
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posted on
06/09/2005 7:51:51 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(It's not up to the gov't to give you an education. It's up to you to take it from them......)
To: FeeinTennessee
I was required to that that class in college. The instructors were too bigoted to be objective in the least. We need to put our foot down now.
To: FeeinTennessee
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posted on
06/09/2005 7:54:00 PM PDT
by
Husker24
To: Husker24
LOL
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posted on
06/09/2005 7:55:04 PM PDT
by
lainie
To: FeeinTennessee
I wonder why it wasn't offered as an elective? Hmmm....
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posted on
06/09/2005 7:55:05 PM PDT
by
cyborg
(I am ageless through the power of the Lord God.)
To: FeeinTennessee
Way back when I was in the 3rd grade in the 70s I found a hero in George Washington Carver. It's strange that I would learn about the man way back in those dark and evil days before we learned anything about black history.
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posted on
06/09/2005 7:55:25 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Anyone who thinks we believe Hillary on any issue is truly a moron.)
To: FeeinTennessee; Red Badger; NRA Patriot 1976; Husker24
Sounds like a good idea to me. They can start by studying Zimbabwe and Angola.
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posted on
06/09/2005 7:57:05 PM PDT
by
Enterprise
(Coming soon from Newsweek: "Fallujah - we had to destroy it in order to save it.")
To: NRA Patriot 1976
oops, that's 'take that class'
darn surgical eyes...
To: Red Badger
Will the textbooks be written by Louis Farrakhan?........
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posted on
06/09/2005 8:01:15 PM PDT
by
FeeinTennessee
(Visit me @ peoplepolitical.org & therant.us --Fee)
To: cripplecreek
That's right...we can learn about great black Americans who have contributed something to this country. Don't need to get into African studies. Makes no sense.
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posted on
06/09/2005 8:02:45 PM PDT
by
FeeinTennessee
(Visit me @ peoplepolitical.org & therant.us --Fee)
To: Enterprise
Sounds like a good idea to me. They can start by studying Zimbabwe and Angola
...which is a HUGE mess right now!
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posted on
06/09/2005 8:03:19 PM PDT
by
FeeinTennessee
(Visit me @ peoplepolitical.org & therant.us --Fee)
To: FeeinTennessee
What kind of garbage is this? Why is African American history required, but not Asian American history, or Latino American history, or White American history, or European American history?
I'm seriously glad I left the public school system in 2001. I could not have graduated at a better time. By the time I have kids they'll be forced to take all sorts of pathetic "diversity training" and what not- and I'm sure it'll focus entirely on one or two "underrepresented minorities", while leaving all the other ones out to dry.
I bet the Philadelphia school system will place more emphasis on this crap than actual American history.
To: FeeinTennessee
Will the textbooks be written by Louis Farrakhan?........
What I meant to say in response to your comment....GAG!
Louis Farrakhan stirs up too much hate. He's not one to be admired at all!
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posted on
06/09/2005 8:05:46 PM PDT
by
FeeinTennessee
(Visit me @ peoplepolitical.org & therant.us --Fee)
To: FeeinTennessee; Red Badger; Husker24; lainie; cyborg; cripplecreek; NRA Patriot 1976
Modern African families are curious and like to meet visitors from afar.
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posted on
06/09/2005 8:06:01 PM PDT
by
Enterprise
(Coming soon from Newsweek: "Fallujah - we had to destroy it in order to save it.")
To: cripplecreek
Got you beat. I was in third grade in 1953!
Don't remember exactly when I was taught about G.W. Carver but it was sometime during grammar school - St. Rose of Lima in Freehold, New Jersey.
Also learned about Ralph Bunch who became UN Undersecretary in 1955 after winning Nobel in 1950...OK, I did a quick google on Bunch re: the years but I remembered the UN & Nobel things!
BTW, my Catholic grammar school did not have one black kid enrolled although a "black street" was just a block away and we all played basketball/football/baseball together nearly every day.
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posted on
06/09/2005 8:06:11 PM PDT
by
Seeking the truth
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To: FeeinTennessee
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posted on
06/09/2005 8:06:29 PM PDT
by
Enterprise
(Coming soon from Newsweek: "Fallujah - we had to destroy it in order to save it.")
To: Enterprise
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posted on
06/09/2005 8:07:26 PM PDT
by
cyborg
(I am ageless through the power of the Lord God.)
To: FeeinTennessee
I learned about Carver, MLK, Harriet Tubman, slavery, the revolution, the civil war and on and on in American history period.
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posted on
06/09/2005 8:08:08 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Anyone who thinks we believe Hillary on any issue is truly a moron.)
To: All
How about "The original Americans" kemosabe?
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