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- This is jake he is your average run-of-the-mill kid. He thinks he knows everything there is to know about American history. But boy is he in for a surprise.
- I know so much about American history!
- Like how the colonist fought the British and saved America!
- And also that America helped save the day in WW 1&2!
- As you can clearly see the by the things that they teach me in school America is so great.
- Wha! Where in the heck am I?
- So you think America is so great huh?
- Who are you?
- I'm your wizard!
- What the heck do you mean your my Wizard? And where are we?
- I'm an all powerful educational wizard.
- And we are in my realm.
- What do you mean REALM? And what is an EDUCATIONAL WIZARD?
- My Realm
- WHAT IS A REALM?
- My Realm can be WHAT and WHERE ever I want it to be.
- I'm sorry Jake . I did not mean to scare you. You were just asking to any questions and we don't have much time.
- I just have one more question, what do you want with me?
- I am here to try and show you some of the things your history teacher won't show you.
- What my school won't teach me?
- You see Jake there are many horrible thing that have happened in American history that you know nothing about.
- I'm going to use my realm to show you some of these things.
- I guess so.
- you ready?
- So you think you know every thing about WWII?
- Of course, every history teacher I have ever had has taught me about WWII.
- How much do you know about the formation of Nazi policy?
- What?
- Do you know how much American policy influenced the Nazi regime?
- Influenced?
- What do you mean influenced?
- In the American south in the early 1900s there was a policy known as Jim Crow
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- The policies heavily impacted every facet of life. And black and brown people life were terrible under Jim Crow.
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- The Nazi's closely studied Jim Crow and implemented certain aspects of it during the Holocaust?
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- The Nazi's actually thought some of the American policies were a bit extreme. Like the one one drop rule for determining if some was black.
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- We were too extreme for the Nazis.
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- If you cry now you won't have any tears for later.
- Why would America do something like that?
- The short answer is racism. That usually always the answer.
- Alright off to the next spot.
- You aware that Lincon helped to end slavey by sign The Emancipation Proclamation and helped to get the 13th amendment passed.
- Of course, everyone knows that.
- Did you know that it took four years and 750,000 deaths for America to do it?
- And did you know that it took an Army of Union Soldiers to free them?
- Did you also know that the 13th amendment was passed on January 31, 1865 and that the last slaves weren't free until June 19, 1866?
- You are free!
- The 13th amendment also affectively kept slavery intact as a form of punishment.
- Making prisoners slaves under the letter of the law.
- My teacher never said any of that to me.
- Before you ask me why the answer is racism. It is always because of racism.
- Not really
- Wanna see some more shocking examples of U.S. racism
- Too bad
- Nope
- Have you ever heard of the Tuskegee experiments experiment?
- That was me pretending to be shocked.
- In 1932 the United States began an experiment to test the effects of syphilis on people.
- What's wrong with that?
- The participants were told that they would receive treatment for their ailments. The true purpose of the study was never to help but only to watch.
- I wanted to show you all these things so that you would have a measured perspective of American history.
- America has done a lot of good things but its important to have a good perspective on your history's legacy.
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