John Oliver has criticised the limiting way history has been and continues to be taught in many American classrooms. The Last Week Tonight host talked about how tragic events this year have ignited difficult conversations about race. In schools, there are no national standards on what topics should be covered in history and so seven states don’t directly mention slavery at all while only two cover white supremacy. Oliver criticised the lack of education surrounding the history of white supremacy. He continued: “Ignoring the history that you don’t like is not a victimless act and a history of America that ignores white supremacy is a white supremacist’s history of America.”

Source: The Guardian August 03, 2020 15:33 UTC