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Originally Posted by downquark1
Except that is a lie. When I was in school there was nothing about those periods at all. In the last ten years people are falling over themselves to lecture me about Mary Seacole.
When I want to learn about the British Raj I pretty much have to find a Hindu nationalist to yell facts at me.
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Hugh didn't mention school. Neither did I. Hugh just mentioned this country and how we reflect on our history and that is a much wider discussion that just what we teach in basic history lessons.