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My friend in Singapore sent me a picture of a blank page in his history book
It was from a chapter about regional politics three years ago. He said the teacher told the class that section was 'not for discussion' and to just skip it. I looked it up and it covered a period with some contested elections in a neighboring country. Last week, I was reading about how some topics just get erased like that, not even called taboo, just gone. Makes you wonder what gets left out of the stories we're told. Has anyone else seen a textbook with literal empty pages?
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andrew_kelly6mo ago
What country was the textbook from, and what was the neighboring country? That context makes the blank page way more telling.
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aaron6776mo ago
Imagine the same thing happening with maps of Ireland before the Good Friday Agreement.
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martin.andrew6mo ago
Yeah, I've seen that happen with older history books from places like Serbia or Croatia when they cover the 90s. The neighbor is right there on the map, but the page about that specific conflict is just...empty. @andrew_kelly is spot on, that blank page tells you everything about the politics behind the textbook. Makes you wonder what else gets left out, you know?
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