Race and Language: A Blueprint for Structuring an Educational Curriculum about the Black Experience in the United States
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It should surprise no one that the condition of race relations in this country is as poor now
as they are. With recent and historical events that have occurred in this country in relation to the
Black experience (indeed the experience of any of the marginalized communities that call the
United States their home), the logical history lesson is that our children should be educated as in
the words of George Santayana; “Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.” In this
way, we see the wave of protests, court cases, and rhetoric surrounding race welling up around
the nation. Conflicts in the legislative bodies, the court system, the prison system, the educational
system, and many more have become increasingly common. With no set curriculum across any
of the fifty states to educate youth on the experience of Black folx and African Americans in this
country, it should come as no surprise that we do see history repeating itself and racial conditions
deteriorating (if they were ever even “better” to begin with).