Africa is not yet being taught systematically at the primary and
secondary school level. Whatever we might know as scholars, and
whatever we have learned in the past twenty or thirty years
might enrich the experience of our college students, but it has
no impact on the general public.

John Thornton (on this page)

As a high school teacher, my question is: who would teach this material? The Anglo teachers I know do not want to make Anglos uncomfortable or to be made uncomfortable themselves and the Black teachers are uncomfortable with the material for other reasons.

Pat Barrett (on this page)

I expect everyone to be uncomfortable when we talk about slavery and slave trade, but it is essential to experience the various sorts of discomfort brought by slavery and to learn from them.

Patrick Manning (on this page)