American History Was Dishonest and Boring Before It Became “Scary”

Eze Ihenetu
6 min readDec 27, 2021

The current uproar over Critical Race Theory has me thinking about an experience with American History.

As a high school senior, I enrolled in Advanced Placement American History. I sat at the desk upfront, facing the black chalkboard, with Michaela sitting at the desk behind me.

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Eze Ihenetu

Eze is a teacher, survivor, and politically astute. He is a 2X Top Writer and has been published in multiple digital magazines. ep2ihenetu@gmail.com