Why?

I think stereotypes are so widely known throughout our country due to its past. Mainly because of the slavery that we as a country had. For so long, whites were looked upon as a "supreme race" as every other race was seriously looked down on. Since, the whites looked at everyone as a lower level, they began giving the other races names because of their hatred to anyone who was not white, and classifying them a horrid things (that's obviously weren't necessarily true to the race as a whole). That seed had been planted and never really stopped growing causing these bad traits of the other races to been so known and said often.

The Truth

No, I do not think we should change the way we teach younger students about the history of the United States. I think it would truly take the fun out of learning about the history of it, as long as they are learning the basics then it is fine. As they get older, old enough to comprehend what the real underlying truth is, then that is when the truth should be spoken to them.