General Discussion

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(14,432 posts) Sun Apr 12, 2026, 02:35 PM Sunday

Texas proposing to remove Japanese-American Internment camps as as topic not appropriate for American History studies

&list=TLPQMTIwNDIwMjYFyWGXg_xkmQ&index=4

13 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Texas proposing to remove Japanese-American Internment camps as as topic not appropriate for American History studies (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd Sunday OP

Japanese-American internment camps Prairie Gates Sunday #1

corrected BlueWaveNeverEnd Sunday #4

While Trump's "Excursion" into Iran will be hailed as a brilliant success in these new history books. surfered Sunday #2

Five of them were located in Texas dalton99a Sunday #3

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" -- George Santayana Grokenstein Sunday #5

As Harry Vanderspeigle would say. "This is some bullshit" Stargleamer Sunday #6

Republicans always want to whitewash our ugly behavior! They want to pretend it never happened. They Pisces Sunday #7

Among the most important events in US history to be chronicled and learned from. Intractable Sunday #8

Let's erase slavery and the genocide of indigenous Americans while we're at it. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sunday #9

It wasn't taught in my history classes - Ms. Toad Sunday #10

First chapter of Texas history books republianmushroom Sunday #11

But it's US history, like Pearl Harbor, WWII, the holocaust, integration of the military, women building planes, etc etc ChicagoTeamster Sunday #12

They dont want a lot of holocaust history either, definitely nothing about women building planes BlueWaveNeverEnd Yesterday #13

Prairie Gates

(8,283 posts)

1. Japanese-American internment camps

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 02:37 PM

Sunday

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(14,432 posts)

4. corrected

Reply to Prairie Gates (Reply #1)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 02:42 PM

Sunday

surfered

(13,687 posts)

2. While Trump's "Excursion" into Iran will be hailed as a brilliant success in these new history books.

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 02:40 PM

Sunday

dalton99a

(94,552 posts)

3. Five of them were located in Texas

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 02:41 PM

Sunday

Grokenstein

(6,369 posts)

5. "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" -- George Santayana

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 02:48 PM

Sunday

"Let's whitewash our history so we can repeat it" -- rightwankers

Stargleamer

(2,742 posts)

6. As Harry Vanderspeigle would say. "This is some bullshit"

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 03:06 PM

Sunday

Teaching about the camps should definitely be taught.

Pisces

(6,276 posts)

7. Republicans always want to whitewash our ugly behavior! They want to pretend it never happened. They

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 03:15 PM

Sunday

don’t want their precious sons and daughters to ever think America made mistakes or did bad things!

Erase slavery
Erase internment camps
Erase Hiroshima
Erase that we allowed husbands to beat their wives

The dummification of American students!

Intractable

(2,265 posts)

8. Among the most important events in US history to be chronicled and learned from.

Reply to Pisces (Reply #7)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 03:17 PM

Sunday

It's important to see the ugliness in our past, so that we learn for the future.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(136,150 posts)

9. Let's erase slavery and the genocide of indigenous Americans while we're at it.

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 03:21 PM

Sunday

The Civil War? That was over tariffs. /s

Ms. Toad

(38,699 posts)

10. It wasn't taught in my history classes -

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 03:24 PM

Sunday

And The Holocaust, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki were taught mostly as footnotes.

Not saying that is good - just that if those subjects are being taught in any v substantive manner currently, it is a relatively recent thing.