Growing up in school I was exposed to various aspects of history surrounding one specific race, I was taught about white culture and was shared the stories of every single white figure that helped build what we know today as the U.S. Other races were marginalized through many of these lectures and only had a few stories that were shared. The only time that history on other cultures such African American, Hispanics, Asians, Europeans and Middle Eastern were touched was during my world history class. There wasn’t a lot that was taught from them regardless; the focus was always the same, what did they contribute to our country? Being a Mexican American my biggest hope was to learn about my culture and the historic figures that made a difference in this country and that had a big impact on my own. This was never the case, only a few figures were mentioned such as Cesar Chavez, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King amongst others.
To answer the question, while white history and their stories have been told and shared repeatedly, Other diverse cultures remain as margins with only a fraction of their history being taught and their stories being shared. I think that as educators we must be able to change our strategy within our classes when teaching history and sharing stories and eradicate marginalizing. As a future educator I want to be able to teach my students about every single historic figure regardless of their ethnic background or race. I want to see every single aspect of history to be taught with fairness and with equality.
