That's an, uh, **extremely suspect** phrasing there, school textbook : historymemes

[–] wizblizz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You sure about that? You sure about how come that's why?

[–] Bristlecone@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

How old is that book?

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[–] Knightfox@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Where is this from?

[–] Hobo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Canadian school textbook in 2017. Unsurprisingly it has some other revisionist history in there about First Nation people. The one called out in the article could almost be an Always Sunny joke it's so incredibly dark:

The book informed children that First Nations peoples "moved to areas called reserves, where they could live undisturbed by the hustle and bustle of the settlers"

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[+] BackYardIncendiary@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

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[+] Smokeydope@lemmy.world -25 points 2 weeks ago (18 children)

Lol some of these comments are completely ignoring the reality of why it was phrased this way. Its a textbook for school children probably below the age of 10. Do you really expect middle school public education teachers to explain genocide and ethnic clensing to eight year olds? They slowly introduce the truth come highschool when kids are older because its horrific and toddlers have no need for their childhood to be ruined with horrific adult truths. Weren't you allowed to believe pilgrims and Indians cam e together for Thanksgiving for a few years of your childhood?

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