WINSTON CHURCHILL ONCE SAID HISTORY WILL BE KIND TO ME. I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I INTEND TO WRITE IT. NOW I'M NOT SURE THAT HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SO CONFIDENT ABOUT HOW HISTORY WOULD, WITHOUT. BECAUSE IT UNITS OUT THAT HE NEVER ACTUALLY SAID THAT. BUT HE DID SAY SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR TO US. WHICH MAKES IT MORE ACCURATE THAN MOST POSTS ON THE INTERNET. YOU KNOW, AND TO BE HONEST, I GUESS THIS IS SOMETHING VERY POWERFUL ABOUT HAVING A PERSON HAVING SOME ITALICIZED TEXT NEXT TO THEIR FACE. BUT THE POINT ABOUT HISTORY BEING WRITTEN BY THE WINNERS, IS TRUE. I MEAN JUST LOOK AT THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. AMERICA WON THAT WAR. THOUGH HISTORY TEACHES IT AS A FIGHT FOR FREEDOM AGAINST THE TYRANNY OF ENGLAND. BUT BEST BELIEVE IF ENGLAND HAD WON THE WAR, WELL HISTORY WOULD BE ABOUT HOW THEY PUT DOWN A RIOT BUT A BUNCH OF CHEATING THUGS. THESE DOMESTIC TERRORISTS THREW OUR TEA INTO BOSTON HARBOR WHILE DRESSED AS NATIVE AMERICANS WHICH ASIDE FROM BEING CRIMINAL IS VERY PROBLEMATIC. >> AND IF HISTORY IS TAUGHT BY THE WINNERS, NOBODY IN AMERICA IS WINNING MORE THAN WHITE PEOPLE WHICH IS WHY SO MUCH OF WHAT IS IN SCHOOL AS BEEN FROM THEIR POINT OF VIEW. >> AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY IS NOT TAUGHT ADEQUATELY, WHAT WE LEARNED IS A WHITE WASHED HISTORY. >> STUDIES FOUND LESS THAN 10% OF CLASS TIME IS DE VOTED TO BLACK HISTORY. ONLY 8 PERCENT OF SENIORS CAN IDENTIFY SLAVERY AS THE CENTRAL CAUSE OF THE CIVIL WAR. >> THERE IS NO NATIONAL STANDARD FOR WHAT HISTORY IS TAUGHT. STANDARDS WHICH OUTLINE WHAT STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO LEARN. SEVEN STATES DO NOT DIRECTLY MENTION SLAVERY. AND EIGHT DO NOT MENTION THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. ONLY TWO STATES MENTION WHITE SUPREMACY. >> THE KIDS LEARN THAT SLAVERY WAS BAD BUT WE ENDED IT. SO STUFF HAPPENED, BUT MARTIN LUTHER KING AND ROSA PARKS KIND OF FIXED THAT. AND NOW LOOK, BARACK OBAMA, WE HAD A BLACK PRESIDENT, RACISM IS OVER. WE'RE DONE. >> Trevor: YEAH, IT IS PRETTY CRAZY THAT MOST STUDENTS IN AMERICA ARE ONLY TAUGHT ABOUT A HANDFUL OF IMPORTANT BLACK AMERICANS. CAN YOU IMAGINE IF IT WERE THE OTHER WAY AROUND. WELCOME, EVERYBODY, TO WHITE HISTORY 101. WE START OFF WITH THOMAS JEFFERSON, WHERE IT ALL BEGAN. AND THEN WELL NOTHING REALLY HAPPENED UNTIL TOM HANKS. CLASS DISMISSED. BUT YEAH, BASICALLY AMERICA TREATS HISTORY THE WAY MOST PEOPLE TREAT THEIR BROWSER HISTORY. JUST DE HEAT ALL THE EMBARRASSING STUFF AND HOPE NO ONE NOTICES. BUT THE GAD NEWS IS THAT AS SOCIETY CHANGES THEY RE-EXAMINE THEIR PAST AND ASK THEMSELVES SHOULD WE KEEP TELLING OURSELVES WHAT WE WISH HAPPENED OR SHOULD WE UNDERSTAND WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED. >> AND THAT'S WHAT IS HAPPENING IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW. >> STUDENTS ARE ASKING THEIR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS TO INCORPORATE ANTIRACIST EDUCATION INTO THEIR CURRICULUM. >> THEY AIM TO HAVE BOOKS WRITTEN BY A PERSON OF COLOR AND THEIR LIFE STRUGGLES A REQUIRED PART OF THE CURRICULUM. >> IN NORTH CAROLINA A COMMITTEE OF SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATORS PROPOSE THAT THE TERM SYSTEMIC RACISM SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE STATE'S CURRICULUM STANDARDS. >> CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS CREATED THE FACIAL'S FIRST STATEWIDE MODEL FOR ETHNIC STUDIES BURRICULUM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL EDUCATION OFFICIALS SAY KIDS DO NEED TO LEARN ABOUT DISCRIMINATION AND OPPRESSION THAT TEXT BOOKS OFTEN OVERLOOK. >> A LOT OF TIMES IN SCHOOL YOU DON'T SEE A BIG REPRESENTATION OF BLACK HISTORY. I SEE COMMENTS ALL THE TIME SAYING I LEARNED MORE ON TIKTOK THAN I DO FROM MY OWN SCHOOL. >> Trevor: YEAH. THAT IS HOW MUCH EDUCATION IS LACKING IN AMERICA. KIDS ARE GOING TO TIKTOK TO LEARN, WHICH IS INSANE. SOCIAL MEDIA ISN'T SUPPOSED TO BE A SCHOOL. IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE WHERE YOU POST STUFF THAT GETS YOU SUSPENDED FROM SCHOOL. AND I'M NOT SAYING YOU CAN'T LEARN ABOUT HISTORY ON TIKTOK. PLEASE DON'T GET ME WRONG. I'M JUST SAYING YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO MIX UP HISTORY WITH EVERYTHING ELSE HAPPENING ON TIKTOK. WAIT, SO HARRIET TUBMAN STARTED THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD AND THE WEIGHT LOSS DANCE. PRETTY DOPE. NOW LOOK, RE-EXAMINING YOUR HISTORY IS NOT EASY TO DO, ESPECIALLY IF IT REQUIRES SOME SELF-CRITICISM. YOU KNOW, IN MANY WAYS, WRITING HISTORY IS LIKE A BREAKUP. EACH PERSON WANTS TO TELL THE STORY ABOUT HOW THEY WERE THE ONES WHO WERE RIGHT AND THE OTHER PERSON WAS AN AS, ASSHOLE, IT FEALS BETTER TO SAY SHE WASN'T NICE TO MY FAMILY AS OPPOSED TO SHE FOUND OUT ABOUT MY SECRET SECOND WIFE. AND IN THE SAME WAY AS AMERICAN SCHOOLS ARE STARTING TO CHANGE WHAT THEY TEACH ABOUT AMERICA'S HISTORY WITH RACISM, IT'S CAUSING A STRONG REACTION FROM PEOPLE WHO AREN'T COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT THEIR KIDS ARE LEARNING. >> THERE IS GROWING BACKLASH TONIGHT AGAINST WHAT CRITICS CALL THE INDOCTRINATION OF PUBLIC SCAL STUDENTS IN AN ANTIWHITE CURRICULUM IT HAS TO DO WITH THE TEACHING OF WHAT IS CALLED CRITICAL RACE THEORY. >> CRITICAL RACE THEORY TEACHES PEOPLE AND OUR CHILDREN TO JUDGE ONE ANOTHER NOT BASED ON THE CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER BUT SOLELY ON THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN. IT WOULD HAVE OUR CHILDREN GROWING UP HATING THIS COUNTRY AND HATING ONE ANOTHER WITHIN IT TEACHES MORE OR LESS THAT AMERICA IS INHERENTLY RACING, STATING MORE OR LESS THAT IF YOU ARE BORN WHITE, YOU ARE NECESSARILY RACIST. >> ESSENTIALLY EVERY WHITE PERSON SHOULD APOLOGIZE FOR BEING WHITE AND WHAT HAPPENED 200 PLUS AREAS AGO. >> WE ARE TIRED OF THE CONTINUE ALL DRUM BEAT OF OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AS USED TO PROGRAM OUR KIDS INTO THINKING THAT AMERICA IS A COUNTRY OF HATE AND DIVISION. >> JUST BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT CRITICAL RACE THEORY TAUGHT TO MY CHILDREN IN SCHOOL, DOES NOT MEAN THAT I AM A RACIST, DAMMIT. >> Trevor: BRAVO. TEARING UP IS LIKE A WHITE WOMAN'S GO TO MOVE FOR GETTING OUT OF ANY STICKY SITUATION. WELL, IF IT GOT ME OUT OF A SPEEDING TICKET, LET'S SEE IF IT WORKS ON A HISTORICAL RECKONING. LOOK, I GET WHY THESE PARENTS ARE UPSET. I MEAN THEY DON'T WANT THEIR CHILDREN LEARNING THAT WHITE PEOPLE ARE INHERENT LEIGH RACIST. BUT THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY WHAT TEACHING ABOUT RACISM DOES. FOR EXAMPLE, A BIG REASON WHY AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOODS ARE SEGREGATED TODAY IS BECAUSE HISTORICALLY THE GOVERNMENT MADE IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR BLACK PEOPLE TO TRY TO MOVE INTO WHITE NEIGHBORHOODS. IT WAS CALLED RED LINING. AND IT WAS A SOCIETIAL STRUCTURE THAT STILL HAS RACIST EFFECTS. EVEN IF NO WHITE PEOPLE IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS NOW ARE PERSONALLY BIGOUTS. THE-- BIGOUT-- BIGOTS, YOU CAN LOOK AT YOUR HISTORY CRIT CLEA WITHOUT BELIEVING THAT YOU ARE PERSONALLY TO BLAME FOR T A GOOD EXAMPLE IS GERMANY, THEY TEACH THE HOLOCAUST IN THE SCHOOLS. BUT LITTLE CLAUSE ISN'T WALKING HOME FROM SCHOOL LIKE OH, MAMA, ICH BIN EIN NAZI, THEY SAID I'M HITLER AND DID THE SAME THING AS HIM EVEN THOUGH I'M FIVE YEARS OLD. NO, THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, BECAUSE GERMANS UNDERSTAND THAT WE LEARN FROM HISTORY, TO GROW FROM IT, NOT TO WALLOW IN IT. BUT YOU SEE, WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IS THAT IN AMERICA, SOME PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. AND THEIR HYSTERIA IS SPILLING INTO ACTUAL LAWS. >> SEVERAL STATES INCLUDING FLORIDA, IDAHO AND IOWA HAVE WORKED TO BAN THE 1619 PROJECT IN CRITICAL AYES THEY'RE FROM THEIR CORE EDUCATION PLANS. >> ARKANSAS BECAME THE LATEST STATE WHERE STATE AGENCIES ARE BARRED FROM TEACHING ANY CONCEPTS THAT THE UNITED STATES IS AN INHERENTLY RACIST NATION. IN LOUISIANA, A REPUBLICAN LAWMAKER IS NOW UNDER FIRE FOR COMMENTS HE MADE ON THE HOUSE FLOOR WHEN PROPOSING THE THEORY'S ELIMINATION FROM ACADEMIC CURRICULUM. >> IF YOU ARE HAVING A DISCUSSION ON WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, ON SLAVERY, THEN YOU CAN TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING DEALING WITH SLAVERY, THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY. >> THERE IS NO GOOD TO SLAVERY, THOUGH. >> WELL-- THEN WHATEVER, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. YOU ARE RIGHT, YOU ARE RIGHT. I DIDN'T MEAN TO IM-- IMPLAY THAT. >> Trevor: WOW, GUYS, WOW. IT IS ALMOST LIKE THIS GUY WASN'T TSH BSH ABOUT I AM GLAD THAT HE RECOGNIZED HOW WRONG HE WAS. A PART OF ME DOES WISH THAT HE HAD JUST KEPT ON DIGGING IN. OH REALLY? YOU THINK THAT NO GOOD CAME FROM SLAVERY? WHAT, I AM THE ONLY ONE WHO BLIEKS THE BLUES, NONE OF YOU LIKE THE BLUES WHO IS THE REAL RACEI NOW, STILL ME? I GUESS IT IS STILL ME. AND YOU NO HE WHAT IS REALLY WEIRD ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING? IS HOW THE SAME PEOPLE WHO FREAK OUT ABOUT CANCEL CULTURE NOW WANT TO USE POT WE ARE OF THE GOVERNMENT TO STOP BAD IDEAS FROM GETTING INTO SCHOOLS. BUT I GUESS THE SOLUTION IS IF ANYONE REALLY WANTS TO GET ANTIRACISM EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS, WELL, THEY SHOULD PUT THE CURRICULUM IN THE MR. POTATOE PEANUTS AND THAT WAY CONSERVATIVES WILL DEFEND THAT SHIT TO THE DEATH. NOW LACK, DON'T GET MAY WRONG. I'M NOT SAYING SYSTEMIC RACISM IS BEHIND ALL OF AMERICA'S PROBLEMS, IN MY OPINION, I THINK A LOT MORE LAWS ARE WRITTEN TO PROTECT THE UPPER-CLASS FROM THE LOWER CLASS. I MEAN THAT IS WHY A LOT OF LAWS THAT SCREW OVER BLACK PEOPLE ALSO SCREW OVER POOR WHITE PEOPLE. LIKE A LOT OF COUNTIES IN AMERICA, PULL POOR PEOPLE OVER AND TICKET THEM FOR RANDOM THINGS LIKE TAIL LIGHTS OR WHATEVER THEY WANT TO, JUST TO MEET THEIR QUOTEOS. BUT WHAT THEY WON'T DO IS DO THAT KIND OF THING ON WALL STREET. THEY DON'T PULL PEOPLE OVER WHO HAVE ACCESS TO LAWYERS OR ACCESS TO POWER. NO ONE IS FRISKING DOWN THE GUY FROM WALL STREET TO CHECK IF THEY HAVE COCAINE. THEY WANT TO GO AFTER POOR PEOPLE AND IT SO HAPPENS THE EASIEST WAY TO FIND POOR PEOPLE IN AMERICA IS TO LOOK AT THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN. BECAUSE IF THEY ARE BLACK, THE CHANCES ARE HIGHER THAT THEY ARE POORER. OR LOOK AT HOW IT IS ILLEGAL TO JUMP TURN STYLES IN NEW YORK. THAT IS TARGETED TOWARD POOR PEOPLE BUT IT AFFECTS BLACK PEOPLE MORE BECAUSE WHITE MEN CAN'T JUMP. BUT LOOK, THAT IS JUST ME. THE BIGGER ISSUE THAT IS BEING BROUGHT UP WITH THIS CONTROVERSY IS WHAT IS THE POINT OF TEACHING HISTORY. LIKE WHAT IS THE ACTUAL POINT. IS IT TO MAKE KIDS FEEL GOOD THAT THEY LIVE IN A PERFECT COUNTRY WITH NO PROBLEMS? OR IS IT TO GIVE THEM AN UNSPARING ASSESSMENT OF HOW SOCIETY GOT WHERE IT IS SO THAT THEY HAVE THE TOOLING TO CHANGE IT IN A BETTER DIRECTION. AND I SAY IT SHOULD BE THE BATTER. BECAUSE OTHERWISE AS A WHITE PERSON ONCE SAID, THOSE WHO CANNOT REMEMBER THE PAST ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT. ALL RIGHT, WHEN WE
