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Nope, I never did (I went to a lower income public school, so I obviously cannot speak to the experience of everyone). We were taught that guys like Malcolm X were evil murderers, but Columbus was A-okay
But, if you haven't, I would urge you to look into the controversies re textbook material involving Texas Board of Education and other Texas administrative bodies and what they have been putting in, and taking out of, history books. The vast majority of public school textbooks come out of Texas, and the whitewashing is alarming. It's not to the level of that Oklahoma bill (erasing all "anti-patriotic" history), but it's still bad.
I will never leave the Northeast.... he'll I won't even leave Philly.