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U.S. History: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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♪ ("LAST WEEK TONIGHT" THEME PLAYS) ♪
Moving on. Our main story tonight concerns history.
A subject so fascinating, we're sometimes willing to do
crazy experiments like this:
REPORTER: Scientists were able to mimic Nesyamun's voice
by recreating his mouth and vocal chords
with a 3-D printer.
It allowed them to produce a single sound.
(MURMURING)
Excellent. Finally an answer to the question
that scholars have asked for ages,
"What would an ancient Egyptian sound like,
if he orgasmed while taking anti-depressants?"
But look, sadly, history isn't always fun,
weird mummy ventriloquy. It can be painful too.
As America, has recently been reminded.
Because George Floyd's murder has forced
a hard national conversation about this country's present,
which is impossible to do effectively
without reexamining it's past.
And unfortunately, that's not a conversation
that all American's are well-equipped to have.
Because there are some embarrassing gaps
in many people's knowledge of US history.
Just look what happened a few weeks back
when the president, in the midst of
nation-wide Black Lives Matter protests,
announced plans to hold a rally in Tulsa, on June 19th.
A decision, astonishingly tone-deaf,
for two key reasons.
NBC REPORTER: Next Friday, June 19th, is Juneteenth,
an annual holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the US.
As for Tulsa, 99 years ago this month, in 1921,
the city witnessed the Tulsa Race Massacre.
One of the nation's worst outbreaks of racial violence.
Recently portrayed in HBO's Watchmen.
-(PEOPLE SCREAMING) -(AIRPLANE ENGINE ROARING)
Now, the reason they're mentioning Watchmen there,
is a lot of Americans learned about the Tulsa Race Massacre
for the very first time, nearly a century
after it happened, from watching that show.
Basically, the night that episode airs,
many white Americans went, "Holy shit, I had no idea
this happened!" While, many Black Americans went,
"Holy shit, white people are gonna freak the fuck out
when they find out this happened."
"Debbie at work, is gonna want to have a conversation."
The coverage of that Trump rally didn't just introduce
many Americans to that massacre,
but also, to the very concept of Juneteenth.
The day that commemorates when Union troops informed Texas
that enslaved people there must finally be freed,
two years after the Emancipation Proclamation
by the way.
A recent poll shows that a shocking 48 percent
of Americans were either "Not at all" or,
"Not very aware" of Juneteenth, which is not good!
I mean, it'd be fine if nearly half of Americans were
unaware of Groundhog Day, the meaningless date
when an idiot dressed like goth Willy Wonka,
holds up a non-clairvoyant woodchuck,
whose face, somehow screams, "I have better things to do."
But Juneteenth actually means something.
And that's just one of many gaps in knowledge
that some are now realizing that they have.
Just watch Joy Behar try to explain
why statues of George Washington should be left alone,
and in doing so, actually learning something.
The George Washington, besides being a founding father
and a great general and somebody
who was so instrumental in this union that we have,
in this republic, also freed his slaves.
So, if you're gonna take somebody down,
take down Thomas Jefferson, who didn't free his slaves,
No? Sunny disagrees.
He didn't free his slaves.
He actually spent the last year of his life,
relentlessly pursuing slaves
that tried to run away.
He was a horrible slave owner.
Yeah, he was. As usual, Sunny Hostin is very right,
and Meghan McCain, is very there.
Because, while Washington did promise to free his slaves
in his will, it specified, they wouldn't gain their freedom
until his wife's death. So, only one person was freed
immediately after Washington died,
out of a hundred. Also, he actually became a slave owner
at just eleven years old.
A fact so horrifying, it's kind of hard to know
what to do with it. At the very least,
the story of him chopping down a cherry tree as a child
and admitting it to his father by saying "I cannot tell a lie,"
gets way less charming, if the next part is
his parents saying, "Thank you for being honest George.
As a reward, here are some human beings to own."
And the thing is, Joy Behar's version of history,
while distorted, is definitely more palatable
especially for white people. And seeking out
misleadingly comforting versions of history, is a pattern
that we've seen again and again this year.
From the number one movie on Netflix
during the protests following George Floyd's murder
being The Help, to just last week
when Senator Tom Cotton said schools should lose
federal funding if they teach a curriculum based on
The New York Times' 1619 Project,
which brings slavery into the forefront
of American history. And perhaps the most absurd disconnect was,
in the wake of President Obama's eulogy for John Lewis this week,
in which Obama advocated for abolishing the filibuster
if necessary to expand voting rights,
Tucker Carlson had this to say.
Imagine if some greasy politician showed up
at your loved one's funeral, and started throwing around
stupid partisan talking points about Senate procedure.
Can you imagine that? You would be shocked
if that happened. You'd probably walk out.
Desecrating a funeral with campaign slogans?
What kind of person would do that?
Wait, what kind of person would honor a friend's legacy
by continuing to advocate for voting rights?
You know what, I can think of one.
John fucking Lewis would do that.
And the truth is, with so many people misunderstanding
our history, either by accident, or, very much on purpose,
we thought tonight, it might be a good idea
to talk about how the history of race in America,
is currently taught in schools.
What some of the gaps are, why they're there,
and how we can fill them. And let's start with the fact,
that there are no national standards for what topics
or figures, students must learn about at school.
And state standards very widely.
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