I get what you're saying and in general I agree, but I also have a big problem with your focusing on just this one injustice. Because if we're going to teach THIS, we have a million more suppressed, hidden, lied about injustices we should also be teaching, not just relating to those on the North American continent, but around the world. Our entire HISTORY has been bound up in lies, hypocrisy, injustice, oppression, religious intolerance & oppression, lies to get us into & out of wars -- all of it confirmed and confirmable, most of it covered up, and I'm not even talking about the usual "conspiracy theories" like JFK -- I'm talking about confirmed American government sponsored and/or allowed physical and/or cultural genocides in our borders, the physical colonialist takings of states and territories against their will, the spreading of -- take your pick -- "civilization," "Christianity," "democracy," etc., at the point of a gun, etc. I published a small piece here some time ago which might shed light on just a FEW (https://qbitsof.medium.com/an-update-with-context-on-little-known-historical-us-oppression-of-international-minorities-1b279e91cea0) in which I ask if people know how Hawaii came to be a state and why -- and the answer is typically no and there's a reason for that. Jefferson raped a minority child? Indefensible. Not the first time nor the 1,000th time a powerful majority person/male would abuse a minority, in this case a helpless child, in our history or throughout history itself. I'm not making light of your point. It's valid. It's just like, why point this out or why stop there? What about Teddy Roosevelt's famous taking of San Juan Hill to "free" the Cubans and defeat the Spanish imperialists -- who after a decade of fighting Cuban freedom fighters had already given up and were about to go home, but if one does their research, one can find literal quotes from US politicians, businessmen and even some media back then in which they surmised Cuba would make an excellent location for the US to dock at on the way for our merchants going to S America, if not also to put a military base. Huh, still one there today. (And I'm not going to even get into C/S America, because that's a HUGE basket of worms, still being influenced by US foreign policy as we speak.) Neither the Spanish nor the Cubans wanted or asked for last minute intervention of something that was over, but the Cubans were REALLY surprised when we decided they lacked sufficient experience (if not intelligence) for self-governing, so we simply replaced the Spanish as their imperialist masters and things continued as before. Puerto Rico? They thought they would finally be free (now that the Spanish were leaving). Oh, again, not so! Same as the Cubans, but they were TICKED, which is while we are taught about the Black Panthers and the Weathermen -- can't be avoided, I guess the government assumes -- we never hear about some of the other radical groups, in Puerto Rico's case, FALN, one of the alleged most militant, bloody & secretive anti-US gov groups around, for a long time now. I could go on for days but there are many sources out there. Just a few more though. Everyone's heard about the Gulf of Tonkin "controversary" that some say allegedly got us into the Vietnam War, officially. Yet it remains controversial and still is often labeled a conspiracy theory. And yet it's not at all controversial or up for official debate. The official records, now declassified, for the military to agencies like the NSA all universally show proof that what was alleged to have happened on that night did not at all happen, and if people doubt that they're welcome to research it. I have copies of the literal, actual NSA documents for everything -- which anyone can get -- as well as other documents. We were fed that line of bull for decades to justify an official invasion. Just like we're fed BS all through school and church and society, etc. Why the Electoral College? The Founders created it for a definite purpose -- those who hold the founders and the constitution up as beacons (stereotypically often while holding their bibles and guns up, neither of which were supported by the Founders) might be a little disillusioned if there were to look into it. Why are evangelicals never asked which Creation story do they believe? Because they're not taught this and because they don't bother reading their own holy book, they rarely know there are two separate ones -- one in the first chapter of Genesis and a different one in the second. What about the 44+ literal genocides the "Old Testament" God led or commanded in the book of Joshua alone? Are we taught that in church? No. Wonder why? I don't. Why don’t we hear about so many of our “great” leaders and their alleged or confirmed hidden dealings that might shock and sicken Americans? Such as the longest-serving CIA director in our history, Allen Dulles, who while serving as Head of the Swiss OSS (predecessor to the CIA) ran a line of German informers to keep him abreast about was happening and what might be accomplished there. But there are indications and allegations that Dulles was actively involved in helping an unknown number of Nazis escape Germany to make their way to South America as the war was ending. True? I don’t know. A number of people did, probably still do. So typical of what we’re not told though. Woodrow Wilson has taken some heat for entering WW I against the wishes of the American people and at the very timing itself, considering the war was considered virtually over by most, yet still we went marching in. Yet why are we never taught about The American Expeditionary Force, Siberia (AEF in Siberia) troop of some 10,000 US soldiers sent to eastern Russia to do what? The general in charge (Gen Graves) believed it was to guard American property and businesses, as well as helping the larger Czechoslovak Legion leave Russia, but which entailed no active fighting with the Bolsheviks. His international colleagues did not agree. As his troops proceeded to freeze to death, get involved in spats with Bolsheviks and then guard the infamous massive railway, they were subsequently required to actually operate the Trans-Siberian Railroad, for which they created the “Russian Railway Service Corps,” manned entirely by Americans. Even though the US was there less than two years, I have two thoughts: 1) There are academics who have controversially argued some or all of these US troops were actually guarding the Russian/Chinese border for Russia because Russia did not have the logistics to do so and 2) Either way, I’m not sure this historical fact would go over well with many Americans, which may be a reason none of us have ever heard of it. And again, don’t take my word for it. Simply google American Expeditionary Force, Siberia. And to beat a dead horse, why aren't we taught that the US parachuted into north Indochina to meet with Ho Chi Mihn during WW II to give them weapons, money and supplies -- to fight the Japanese who had invaded, which they did. And which they then later turned on the French, who were attempting to recolonize Indochina, and why aren't we taught in school that the US financed virtually that entire brutal murderous colonialist effort to re-enslave while torturing and killing minority indigenous people? Fair question, don't you think? And yet Ho and Giap were too much for the French, who eventually caved when Ike refused to give them the help they begged for at the end. And why are we never taught about the communist Huk uprising in the Philippines during the 1950s in which the infamous General Edward Lansdale, working on behalf of the CIA, virtually solely suppressed and destroyed it before being sent over to what we now called South Vietnam to set up a clandestine shop -- mid-50s (and we weren't "officially" in Viet Nam until 1965) -- to play psychological warfare on the Viet Cong, and has been rumored to be the model for the protagonist in Graham Greene's novel, The Quiet American (made into a movie) -- and why for goodness's sakes are we NEVER taught about the CIA's Phoenix Program in Vietnam? The torture and indescribable murders (throwing prisoners "accused" by dubious sources who could not or would not give up sufficient info out of high-flying helicopters to their deaths, as just one example) again against MINORITIES (non-white skinned people we had political differences with or any other versions you wish to read about). And before accusing me of making any of this up or being anti-American or whatever else, first do your due diligence and don't just take my word for it -- most of these things are easily confirmable. There's a ton on Lansdale, for instance, and a good source for what I just mentioned is Douglas Valentine's The Phoenix Program: America's Use of Terror in Vietnam. There are a million resources out there; you just have to find them. I'm not anti-American. My family has been here for centuries, my family on both sides have served in the military, I'm related to deceased presidents, I've been an active member of both major political parties and am not one of any now as none seem to represent my beliefs (or sanity in general). What I do hate is the lies and hypocrisy, found historically in most governments and religions regardless of where or which. But since my/our focus is the US, that's where my beef is. I have a ton of friends, colleagues and acquaintances who have or do work for and in the government, military and other agencies. I also have known and do know some extremely famous, and mostly conservative, religious (Christian) leaders, although I disagree with a lot of what they teach. I could go into the latter, but I won’t for several reasons. I just can't stand the fact that America has forever held itself up as the beacon of freedom and morality to the rest of the world, sometimes in the most arrogant of manners, when we're just as guilty, if not more so, than many other countries/peoples/etc. we demonize, but the difference is we have succeeded in covering up so much of this, to our own people especially, and that's one of the most galling things to me. We've been lied to about most things throughout our entire history! And yet we're arrogant enough to accuse others of many things we ourselves have been and still are guilty of! So when I said at the beginning of this overly long comment (sorry) that in theory I agree, I don't want you to take that the wrong way. Naturally, I do NOT disagree! I just wonder why you chose to pick this one particular example out to focus your legitimate criticism and wrath on, and to basically demand this be taught in our schools, when if we were to follow that rationale, we'd have to entirely redo our curriculum to focus on most or all of the hypocritical atrocities the government or its representatives have committed, and yes, far too often and frequently on minorities of all types, not just African Americans (who certainly are among this country's greatest victims without doubt). Honestly, I'd be grateful for a response or explanation because I must be candid and state I haven't read your work before, although I will now try to, so if you consistently write articles highlighting different specific acts of injustice, this article would make more sense to me than as a simple isolated case of injustice, because if one were to go around picking out one here or there, one would keep going until they died, no matter how little or long that took. Yes? So I was curious if you feel this passionately about all oppressions, repressions, injustices, lies, genocides, etc., or if it was this particular person, era, period, group of people, etc.? Forgive my ignorance. As I said, I intend to read your back catalogue to see what sort of things you write about. Also forgive insufficient proofing. I am ill and have been up all night and wish to stop this as I’ve gone on far too long. Thanks very much, Scott