As a field of study, history has long entrenched certain narratives and privileged certain perspectives. While wholesale educational reform would be preferable, action taken to promote a a greater diversity of perspective cannot ignore the inertia of the existing system of education or accrue the power to wield change just yet.
Having a month to foreground black history is valuable as the first steps on the road to change.
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As a field of study, history has long entrenched certain narratives and privileged certain perspectives. While wholesale educational reform would be preferable, action taken to promote a a greater diversity of perspective cannot ignore the inertia of the existing system of education or accrue the power to wield change just yet.
Having a month to foreground black history is valuable as the first steps on the road to change.
(Note: Not an American)