As I went through watching the videos of module one I couldn't help but think back to high school and college, specifically my history classes. Some of the events in the videos I did remember, but there were so many that I had no knowledge of. To me that qualifies as systemic racism because we do not teach our students about the brutal history of our country. I am 15 years removed from high school, so I am not sure if that has changed, but at the BLM rally in my hometown students were pushing for more black history in our education system. This makes me believe that it is still not being taught. I am not sure the best way to do it, but it needs to be done.
Overall, I think there are systems in place to make people feel "safe" but really what that means is it makes white people feel safe. Things that don't overtly look like racism, such and "wellness" checks at the border for immigration. This still impacts society today in many ways. Obviously police brutality is at the forefront at this time, but watching those videos there is still so much systemic racism in our society.
I had similar thoughts about how it’s amazing (in a sad way) that I wasn’t aware of many of the events and policies that were discussed in these videos and that many (in not all) should have definitely come up in history courses throughout my education.
I thought the same thing about many of this not being taught. It's shameful because for us to learn from our mistakes and to prevent them from happening again it is important to know and understand the history no matter how uncomfortable or shameful it may make us feel.
It is sad to realize that we are still learning "his story" The history that the White man wants to share, not "our story" which encompasses all. The best way to keep us compliant and complicit is to sell us a false reality of our origins. When we lose our history we lose our sense of self.