Professor Gates, Harvard's Pride

[richlevy]

Originally Posted by Elspode

Try throwing a White Heritage Festival and see how far you get. Then call for a Caucasian History Month in all schools.

Well, when I was growing up, pretty much every day was Caucasian History. The only African American figure I remember studying was George Washington Carver. Other than that, it was all dead European dudes, settlers and Indians (the phrase "Native American" hadn't been coined).

I learned about John Brown, Sojourner Truth, and W. E. B. DuBois on my own dime.

Of course, I also don't remember studying anything about Haym Solomon in public school, so it wasn't just African Americans who were left out.