Well, depending on when you watched Fight Club, a lot of other movies and some TV shows have copied the dual identity twist. If you saw the movie when it came out, I wouldn't call the twist contrived at all. It may seem like that now because of all the imitators.
Those schools don't sound too great. I went to a crappy school and I could tell you who Malcom X was and a fair amount of the civil rights movement before even taking high school American History.
Out of curiosity how long did you spend on the Civil Rights movement in high school American History?
One of the most amazing films I have ever seen in my life. In my Top 5 movies of All-Time, of any genre.
I went to a small religious affiliated private middle and high school and black nationalism was given a pretty decent amount of play. That's both in middle and high school. That doesn't mean that's the case nationwide at every small private school, but I don't know too many people who weren't taught about it.
Gouri, I'm not saying you're wrong, but why would black nationalists being racist prevent a school from teaching that they existed? What are you basing that opinion on?
ACLU said:Racial inequality has been a part of U.S. history since the very beginning, but discussions about this reality are carefully controlled. Malcolm X, a prominent figure of the 1960’s civil rights movement, was cut from history textbooks because some saw him as a traitor to the country.
CM Dromm opposes Flushing school’s ban on Malcolm X reports
“I am very upset that any student should be stopped from writing a report about Malcolm X or any other figure so essential to the history of civil rights,” said Council Member Daniel Dromm (D-Jackson Heights, Elmhurst). “This sort of needless academic censorship is reminiscent of what happened in 2012 when Kameron Slade tried to deliver a speech on marriage equality at P.S. 195 in Queens. Rather than quashing students’ intellectual curiosity, we need to encourage them to explore and learn from our country’s complex and fascinating history.”