Learning Black history at school hasn’t always been a great experience for Salome Asea’s kids, often because the lessons fell short on context or perspective.
The Edmonton parent recalls, in one instance, her elder son’s discomfort with a lesson back in Grade 1 or 2 about slavery and the songs sung by enslaved people. Meanwhile, her younger son had a somewhat baffling early lesson about sports pioneer Jackie Robinson, in which the first-graders didn’t quite grasp his importance as the first Black player in Major League Baseball.
“All the kids were really confused about ‘Why are we learning about this random baseball player?'” she said.
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