(2017-08-14) Watters Teach History

Audrey Watters says Teach History

I understand the desire for people to say after this weekend’s violence that we must “teach love.” But it’s such an insipid and inadequate response to what happened in Charlottesville (Right-Wing). We must teach history. Indeed we must radically reshape what and how it is taught, particularly in K–12.

We must teach history – and teach with an eye toward de-colonization, anti-racism, and justice. For everyone who expressed shock about Charlottesville and insisted that “this isn’t America,” it’s pretty clear that your history classes failed you. Because this is America. We have to fundamentally alter how we teach history – and that means teaching about hate, not just love.