By ratifying the Constitution we would return to our lives under a too powerful government. The majority holds very little power in a government created to benefit the minority. The Constitution is created by the wealthy and powerful and they will surely use it to take what they want from the regular people. The power in the new government would be abused. The Constitution also does nothing to protect the rights of the people so nothing could be done to stop this abuse.

"Plainly put, we learn from what we are taught and what we do in the past. History is one of the greatest teachers. It is essential that we learn history for what it is." I agree with everything in your statement but this part especially stuck out to me. It is important to talk about history for all that it was and the impact it continues to have on modern society. If we are not educated fully on history, but more specifically the history of our country, then we are doomed to repeat it. I hope future generations can be educated even more thoroughly than we have been. Without an increase in knowledge in each passing society the world will collapse around us. A lack of education is a step that speeds up the inevitable failure of modern society.

Race in education is a bit of a complex topic. It is too often talked about in a way that is very white-washed and tries to gloss over the atrocities committed by the settlers and early colonies. Simultaneously it is not talked about enough. Through all thirteen years I have spent in the public school systems I could count on my fingers how many times I have read accounts of historical events by BIPOC. Of course I must acknowledge that in instances like slavery they could not read or write.

A common excuse I've been given by teachers is "well x group didn't speak English." I don't see this as a valid excuse. It is the 21st century there are many translators for almost every language that has existed and if not a human one then there is almost surely an AI for it. The problem lies in the fact that accounts of these events by BIPOC are not as easily accessible. That is a problem in and of itself. It isn't that they don't exist they simply aren't published or publicized the way European accounts of the same events are. I understand that teachers are working with the curriculum they are given and have lives of their own. I make these statements not as a way to bash my past or present history teachers but rather to point out a flaw in the education system. Why is it that atrocities committed by white people are often made out to be less horrible than they were? Why are we offered excuses for those behaviors? Why are BIPOC who have committed similar behaviors heavily demonized if the curriculum is willing to gloss over those things for white people? Those a re just a few questions off the top of my head. If I had more time to work on this I would have many more and could delve much deeper into this issue.

Don't get my intentions wrong. I do not think those things are any more acceptable if done by BIPOC. I am simply asking why they aren't portrayed in the same light. More than anything I hope this offers food for thought to those willing to listen. I know some of you most likely disagree with everything I've said and that's fine we can have different opinions. My intention isn't to offend but rather to point out what I perceive as a massive flaw in our education. It is not the fault of the teachers but rather of the system.