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graceadieu -> RE: CA lawmakers pass bill to teach gay history (7/8/2011 9:13:21 AM)
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ORIGINAL: LafayetteLady]
The guy who discovered plasma, Charles Drew was a black man. I didn't learn about him in school, but then again, I hate science as a whole, so maybe I just wasn't paying attention. Point is, what was his achievement? Was it being black, or making the discovery? In my world, it was what he did, not his ethnicity.
I didn't either - until I did a report about him one year (I forget if it was for black history month or for a report about a scientific discovery, I know we had to do both at different times). Which was really interesting! I personally think it's valuable for kids to learn about about minorities and women that did groundbreaking things, even if it's not a major historical event. It gives them role models and teaches them that all people are capable regardless of race, gender, religion etc.
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Many are saying that we "need" those separate months for all these "special" groups. Why not just mandate that these people need to be included in history class, and then fit them in during the appropriate discussions, i.e. the Battle of Antetum during the Civil War part, Dr. King during the Civil Rights portion, Harvey Milk during the politics section?
I think that'd be the best approach, too, and hopefully what we're moving towards, but it seems like often times it's Black History Month or nothing.
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