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Sanders suggests course on Black history spreads ‘hate’ against U.S. (www.msnbc.com)

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[–] flipht@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

Because they don't see the racist, slave-holding south as a past entity separate from their current reality.

If the federal government weren't stopping them, they'd re-enslave people today. In fact, they have via the prison system. So they don't want anyone closely examining it, hence banning or slowing the subject in schools if they're able.