Stories: Whose are told and whose remain in the margins?
"When we are young, we are taught the definition between a hero and a villain... good and evil. A savior and a lost cause. But I've learned the only real difference is just who's telling the story." Hope Mikaelson. I myself have never been much of a history buff. I cannot recall when it happened, but there was a point in my life when I made the realization, history is only ever told by the winners; since then I have been a bit skeptical if what we are taught is the whole truth. I think a great example of this is colonization, of ANYWHERE. In our early education, we learned about European colonization of North America. However, for much of our education, we are told only about how europeans moved in and everyone played nice, traded goods, and enjoyed meals together. We dont learn about how Europeans also murdered anyone who refused to leave their homes or convert to their ways of living until we are older. Of course, we should not be teaching young elementary school st...