I would like to know why it is that it is okay for children to view a KKK uniform and images of lynchings?

Question

... at
the Orlando History Center but at the slightest rumour that
the private parts of a statue might be showing, people are clamouring to cover drape it? Which of
these is natural and which is unnatural?

My grandmother who is Jamaican used to say, "Some things are best left forgotten." This is my view, and a view shared by many Jamaicans regarding the horrors of slavery. While I respect and understand the African American view that 'to remember the past is to not repeat it' this is not a view that I share. So, if I were a parent, I would not want my child presented images of fear and hate from this very sad period in America's past. And while, I don't agree that bus loads of elementary school children are taken on tours to see it, this is an individual parent's decision. While I respect why the African American people want this exhibt included, in my oppinion, even some adults might be traumatized in viewing it moreover a young and fragile child.

Answer 1

I agree it would be traumatic for a young child, black or white, to see this, Sir.

Have a nice day.

Answer 2

There is a time and a place for everything. How old are these "elementary school children" - 5 years old or 11 years old? There's a wide range of age in elementary...and I can understand the younger children not understanding, but the older children should learn. And if you don't agree any elementary aged child, what age should this education begin?

So, why do people need to learn about this stuff? You said it in your actual question: so that we know how horrible it is and won't do it again. This is why most history lessons include (graphic) pictures of the horrors committed in battle and on the civilian population during the many conflicts around the globe - like WWI and WWII. Just because the past includes things which we are not proud of doesn't mean we should stick our heads in the sand. By NOT teaching our children and NOT remembering these events - in all their gruesome detail - we do not do the victims justice.

Je me souviens,
RXZ

Answer 3

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Answer 4

I don't believe children will be traumatized by this imagery, unless in a rare case where a child has a disorder or has been EXTREMELY sheltered. It is important that the imagery is shown, because they will see it in the future. Better off to let them know now, than to be traumatized in the future by never being allowed access to it before. Now there is a limit to the imagery, no need for repitious pictures of lynchings or murder, but a few to sufficiently stick in their mind enough to be educational is not a bad thing. What you really need to be worrying about is that they aren't being taught on a bias. Like saying Abraham Lincoln was a good man because he freed slaves, when in actuality he did it to have soldiers to serve in the civil war, which he is documented admitting in his address to the states aasking for their support. I hope I helped, good luck with the kids!

Answer 5

Hehe. It's B.S., that's why.

Look, when I was a small child, I could see images of the Klan doing lynchings, etc., knowing that it actually happened, and not be traumatized. I might have been a little shocked if I hadn't seen that kind of footage before, and perhaps frightened/saddened. But not traumatized. And I was not unique compared to the other kids of my generation, either.

Perhaps this generation of parents is raising their children to be weak? Otherwise, I cannot figure out why this would be traumatic to a child. They are fragile, sure, but not so much so that this is going to scar them. You are over reacting.

This isn't meant to offend, but I realize that it might. Sorry.

Answer 6

I wouldn't show such things to young children, but after a certain age it is important for everyone, including children, to be educated about such things. Maybe if more people had such lessons in their formative years there would be less racism and more compassion than there is today.

Answer 7

How can we change the future if we forget about the past? If we ignore all the ugliness that we as humans have commited we are sure to repeat it.

Answer 8

I think that part of History should be left in the past and we shouldn't show our children those things.

Answer 9

Klan members come draped naturally.