(07-29-2023, 06:17 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(07-29-2023, 01:29 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote: That's not what the curriculum says. The whole reason those professors included it is because it was fairly common, well documented, and meant to give modern day blacks a more positive and complete view of their peoples resourcefulness. But dems don't like it because blacks can only be victims.

The curriculum says that slaves learned and benefitted from skills during slavery.
There were much better ways to say this.  
They could have said "While most slaves performed relatively unskilled farm labor, many learned more skilled trades such as blacksmithing and carpentry.  However, none of the slaves were ever able to use these skills for their own benefit.  After slavery,  African Americans continued to learn many useful skills, and it was at this time that they were finally able to benefit from that learning."
But they didn't say that.  Because they were instructed to do a poor job and get headlines for our governor.