From the Mind of Trevor Stone

There are some glaring holes in the average American historical knowledge, too. Japanese internment camps is the first thing that jumps to mind. Mine* and labor massacres is another. But nothing on the scale of the Cultural Revolution -- that would keeping the Vietnam War and counterculture out of schools.

I'm also not sure the blame is entirely on the authorities. Lonely Planet advised travelers not to ask older folks about the cultural revolution on the grounds that they'd probably prefer not to remember those times. The government doesn't tell kids about it, but neither do their (grand)parents.


* Case in point: I didn't realize Ludlow was 85 years to the day before Columbine until I just looked at the Wikipedia page.