While talking with my family recently, the topic of History came up. This was in the context of news about Republicans meddling in the teaching of history. I had said something about the importance of having an accurate history. Without it, children would grow up not understanding the context of their world.

How about a quick example? Consider the topic of police brutality in the United States. Focus on the problem of racial bias in policing and how it has led to the death of many Black men. Could anyone make sense of this problem without knowing something about our troubled history of race relations? And what if the only information they had about Race Relations was incomplete? What if racism was never mentioned in their history classes? What if they never learned why the Civil Rights movement was necessary?