No, still counts! I am interested to hear about other generations’ experiences than my own. I’m mainly trying to figure out how ashamed I should be that I didn’t know about it until I was an adult. :p

No, me either! The book kind of posited her as a widely known symbol of the decline of apartheid and the successes of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and I was a bit suspicious of whether that was true.

Isn’t it? I mean it was still happening when I was in school, and I knew not a thing about it. I guess I sort of knew who Nelson Mandela was? Maybe?

See! My theory was that Americans were insanely undereducated about apartheid, and you learning about it in Dubai confirms that theory. Hot take: Americans should learn more world history. :p

Hahha, yeah, not this one! I’m sure I’ll read a good book about apartheid sometime in the next few years, and when that happens I will alert you. :p

That seems like a very legitimate reason to fall slightly behind on world events. :p

Oh yeah, I hear writing a thesis is as bad as having a baby, time-suck-wise.

Wow, that’s so great that your teacher bothered to get into all that stuff with y’all! I wonder if she ever got pushback from parents on that stuff.