Recently a video of a high school student has made the viral rounds and has been featured in an article by Mic journalist Mathew Rodriguez . In the video a student corrects her white male teacher by saying, "you're trying to say that it's just race. No. Racism is based on the systematic oppression of people." She followed up by criticizing how history has been taught, saying "that doesn't make me believe you because that's what's been fed to us for so long,"
The moral of the story (and this list) is that the systematic oppression and victories of people of color have been painfully excluded from American education and that is a problem. Huffington Post contributor and educator Nicholas Ferroni put the risk of our white-washed education in plain terms:
"If we don't 'teach the truth,' we will continue to raise students who are racist, sexist and prejudiced towards certain people and groups. We have come to a point in education where we should not only reconsider how we teach but, more importantly, what we teach. I strongly believe that this would empower so many and, at the same time, help others see the true contributions of many groups who are not fairly and justly acknowledged in the present textbooks."