I am more worried about their education. I was aware of Pocahontas and the history. Didn’t she move to England with her husband though? Also you shouldn’t take any history course from someone who despises the west.
I just respond with all the things non western empires or tribes have done. I remember one person didn’t believe me when I told them that Africa loved having slaves. Or that the Spanish got help from the neighboring tribes to conquer the Aztecs because the Aztecs has been attacking them
She barely met Smith and the entire romance was by him writing smutty adventure logs later in life. She married another guy and died at a young age with children. The children survived and their descendents are still around.
Most people only know she even exists because of the movie, and then her actual history from people smugly responding like this. Otherwise, no education system would even bother bringing her up.
Back in the 90s when it was popular to "ACKSHUALLY" the topic, it probably was in very broad strokes the history. With a lot of emotional language and context missing.
And now it has reached 9 degrees of separation from that, where she was being raped by dozens of white men a day before being married to a rapist for a bead.
I am more worried about their education. I was aware of Pocahontas and the history. Didn’t she move to England with her husband though? Also you shouldn’t take any history course from someone who despises the west.
I just respond with all the things non western empires or tribes have done. I remember one person didn’t believe me when I told them that Africa loved having slaves. Or that the Spanish got help from the neighboring tribes to conquer the Aztecs because the Aztecs has been attacking them
Good point. I try to avoid debates like that but sometimes I see something so dumb I can’t resist responding but I need to learn to just ignore it
She barely met Smith and the entire romance was by him writing smutty adventure logs later in life. She married another guy and died at a young age with children. The children survived and their descendents are still around.
Oh yes. It’s been a long time since that 5th grade lesson lol. But I do remember the name John Smith and the fact she married another guy.
There was a second Pocahontas movie by Disney. It talked about the other marriage. Somehow the Twitter historians forgot about this one.
Most people only know she even exists because of the movie, and then her actual history from people smugly responding like this. Otherwise, no education system would even bother bringing her up.
Back in the 90s when it was popular to "ACKSHUALLY" the topic, it probably was in very broad strokes the history. With a lot of emotional language and context missing.
And now it has reached 9 degrees of separation from that, where she was being raped by dozens of white men a day before being married to a rapist for a bead.