You can't make this shit up...
Some Texas schools may call slavery ‘involuntary relocation’
I know this is not the same thing as the gun debate or the abortion debate, and that education has a long history of the local vs. non-local back-and-forth. But come on, this is what we're going to teach the students in the second largest state in this country**? That slavery is not really slavery. It's "involuntary relocation"? Are you fucking kidding me?
Part of the proposed draft standards obtained by The Texas Tribune say students should “compare journeys to America, including voluntary Irish immigration and involuntary relocation of African people during colonial times.”
https://apnews.com/article/texas-education-slavery-fort-worth-government-and-politics-b081853905b9c871a90dafc918a17143
This is the thinking behind "the states should decide" what our culture is and what we stand for?
We're ok teaching our children school shooter drills because we're too chicken-shit to enact realistic gun control and/or regulations, but god forbid we allow those same children to hear the word "slavery" because they're such delicate flowers?
Where are we as a country? Where are we as a people? Honestly.
** In fact, Alaska is the largest state in the United States by landmass. It's also second to California in terms of population. (https://www.ipl.org/div/stateknow/popchart.html)
