r/answers • u/MercurySphere • 21h ago
Why is Arab slave trade not taught in American schools?
American culture puts a HUGE emphasis on African history, the cultures slavery destroyed, the people displaced, and the generational aftermath (and rightfully so!!!).
Yet Americans barely acknowledge the Arab/Islamic-world slave trade that has devastated Africans for centuries - and is supposedly ongoing to this day.
If Americans care about what slavery did to African people, why omit this?