r/marvelstudios - Did anyone else not know that Pakistan used to be part of India before watching Ms. Marvel? Or that it’s only 70 years old or so?
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Incredibly sad that so many people in the imperial core can only learn about history when their superhero entertainment slop barely mentioned it. Watchmen had a scene showing the Tulsa massacre and millions of white people were like, "Wait, that happened?" I guess we need Spider Man 9 to have a scene detailing the Iran-Contra scandal for most people to realize that Reagan wasn't a great guy.

  • Tripbin [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    I don't blame anyone for not knowing the Tulsa stuff. It was barely taught anywhere and actively covered up when possible. I only knew it before watchmen because of a reddit TIL. American education is just shit like that. Especially if you have to be stuck in the shit hole south. My entire history education from elementary to middle school was that the civil war was about states rights and it was a bad thing the south lost. Wasn't until high school that they finally admitted slavery was a bad thing going on around then.