Comments by "H B" (@capitalb5889) on "History on Fleek" channel.

  1. Is that because US schools basically don't teach world history unless it directly relates to the US? Or would you like an exception made for the slavery so that racists can remove any vestiges of guilt and discomfort?
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  2. In North Africa? Why do you care what they teach in Tunisia?
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  3.  @effscottfitz-gee2024  No.
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  4.  @effscottfitz-gee2024  no. You are jumping to conclusions. My degree is from an excellent university. You are making some silly assumptions in your questioning.
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  5.  @effscottfitz-gee2024  I did learn about WW2 a bit a school, although when I was younger I specialised in the inter-war years. Later I studied the reign of Charlemagne and medieval British history. But your original question still contains an obvious flaw - perhaps you should re-read it.
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  6.  @effscottfitz-gee2024  bingo!
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  7.  @effscottfitz-gee2024  at no point did I claim that my country doesn't teach history that occurred outside of the country. Why do you imagine these things? In my original statement, I said that I didn't learn about WW2 in US high schools. That's pretty accurate - I've never stepped into a US high school, let alone learning about WW2 in one.
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  8.  @effscottfitz-gee2024  - oh OK, understood, my mistake. It is important to teach aspects of other couuntries' history, but if we decide that North African slavery should be taught in US schools (let's face it, to pander to assuage any feeling of American guilt), then surely all examples of slavery everywhere are relevant. And if all examples of slavery are relevant, then every element of history everywhere at every time, is relevant. But of course, this is just cherry picking a specific bit of history as whataboutery for the right-wing in America to make themselves feel a bit better. It doesn't apply elsewhere - the lack of interest in world history remains. As US schools barely look at the domestic history of other countries, I doubt they would for slavery either, so surely this element of history would be most like to be seen in Tunisian and Moroccan schools.
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  9. I've found the racist
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