I agree completely with your response and it's really great that you were able to connect the reading to your own experiences learning history in the US public education system. What you wrote about with elements being withheld from the curriculum reminds me of what I learned in ED 14 where some teachers simplify history in order to make it more palatable for the students. However, as you pointed out, it does more harm than good for both those who aren't from that identity and especially for those who are of that identity to have their history and culture misrepresented. It also reminds me of the politicized funds of knowledge as teachers don't know how to bring up these "darker" topics in class. However, as I've said before, these topics are already impacting the student's life, so educators should make sure their classroom is a safe space for students to discuss and learn. Furthermore, students are often already seeing those misrepresentations of their culture in society, and it's the teacher's duty to dismantle these myths instead of reinforcing them.