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Teaching about slavery in schools and doing it well isn’t just about teaching the harshness of slavery. And educators can make about so much more than the end of slavery.

Today’s holiday offers abundant opportunities to teach about what it means to fight for freedom and maintain a sense of self-determination in the face of oppression.
https://theconversation.com/juneteenth-offers-new-ways-to-teach-about-slavery-black-perseverance-and-american-history-206056
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queenofnewyork ,
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@TheConversationUS @histodons I agree the curriculum needs to be updated, but are many schools even in session still? (At least in places not like Utah with it’s awful “year-round” system.)

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Beethoven is A great composer, but not THE great composer, according to a music professor who believes it’s time to reframe Beethoven’s greatness “within the context of historic ideals of whiteness and patriarchy.”

“If Americans could acknowledge that our music and music education are deeply rooted in these two ideologies, then we could realize that Beethoven, surely a good composer, was simply one of many.”

https://theconversation.com/was-beethoven-truly-the-greatest-229660
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queenofnewyork ,
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@TheConversationUS @blackmastodon This caused some FEELS because I have a deep love of Beethoven. But. The author is not wrong. How many other composers do we not even know because their works were destroyed or overlooked because they are from women or non-European cultures? It’s a sad thought but also makes me want to do more to make sure non-white, non-male voices are heard in all contexts, but especially music.

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