Idyldo t1_j8ael2o wrote
Wow!? The history that we're never taught in school!? 🇨🇦
CaravelClerihew t1_j8ahqwt wrote
The Makassan trade with Indigenous Australians is actually fairly common knowledge here in Australia. And Indigenous Australians going to Makassar has always been assumed and in oral histories but there's never been pictures of it until now.
jrak193 t1_j8b2iij wrote
Makes sense. Australians are more likely to learn something that relates to Australia than non-Australians are. The sentiment of not being taught something in school has always bugged me because school has too many limits to be able to cover everything everywhere and at the end of the day they have to prioritize.
Rather than being upset that I didn't learn this in school (I'm American btw) I'm just grateful that I have the opportunity to learn it now. It's super interesting.
yor_ur t1_j8cbif9 wrote
As an Australian we learned a bit about indigenous Australians but I went down the path of educating myself on the topic and it’s fascinating, terrible in some parts but fascinating
ooluu t1_j8b35kb wrote
It's not so much fitting it in due to time limits that infuriated me. It was the blatant lies.... ie Christopher Columbus.
jrak193 t1_j8b5fhc wrote
I think calling them "blatant lies" is counter productive, although I can definitely see where it can seem that way especially with Christopher Columbus. I'd say it's a combination of various biases that heavily distort the truth. One bias, as an example, would be idolization, where people have a tendancy to idolize people (like Columbus) who achieved something ("Discovering" America). Don't blame underpaid elementary or secondary teachers for not being able to fully see through these biases, it's just not something that everybody spends a lot of time thinking about.
I think it's good that we are able to talk about Christopher Columbus in a more balanced way now that some of his flaws have become more known, and I wish people would continue talking about it without blowing it out of proportion.
ooluu t1_j8l02pp wrote
Have you ever read "Lies my Teacher taught me"? It was interesting and infuriating. Granted I didn't read all of it as I'm not much into non-fiction. But. It wasn't accidental.
jrak193 t1_j8n0vzr wrote
I have not, but that does sound like a subject I would be interested in. I'll look into it.
throwawayforyouzzz t1_j8cedh7 wrote
This is so interesting. I’m from Singapore and I’ve never known about the trade between indigenous Australians and Indonesians
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