I wish this was taught in introductory history classes. The anglocentric historical narrative I received in school was racist, insulting, oversimplified to the point of absurdity, and was internalized and regurgitated practically without question, especially after 9/11
if education provided a framework for understanding the progression of human achievement and how ideas, technologies, and resources were discovered, spread, and in turn altered and were altered by all of the hundreds of advanced civilizations that have existed globally for thousands of years, it would be much easier to refute the neocolonial and imperialist ideas underpinning present day fascism and xenophobia. at the very least we'd have fewer people believing in ancient aliens.
I wish this was taught in introductory history classes. The anglocentric historical narrative I received in school was racist, insulting, oversimplified to the point of absurdity, and was internalized and regurgitated practically without question, especially after 9/11
if education provided a framework for understanding the progression of human achievement and how ideas, technologies, and resources were discovered, spread, and in turn altered and were altered by all of the hundreds of advanced civilizations that have existed globally for thousands of years, it would be much easier to refute the neocolonial and imperialist ideas underpinning present day fascism and xenophobia. at the very least we'd have fewer people believing in ancient aliens.