It's absolutely appalling how these rumours get started. But months after the myth that the UK had banned teaching the Holocaust was debunked, it still spreads around; and now thanks to some dope who doesn't know UK stands for United Kingdom, some people now think the -- wait for it -- University of Kentucky -- has banned courses on the Shoah as well.
Thankfully, the U of PA's FactCheck project has put out a page that attempts to put this myth to rest once and for all. It's good to see UK, the university, offer an elective on this most harrowing chapter of the human story -- History 323. As for Canada, I'm not even sure if it's still part of the Canadian history ciriculuum in high school. If not it should be; but even in my high school while I appreciated learning about the massacre I also wished they spent more time talking about the ignorance and prejudice of people in North America that contributed to even more human beings being murdered.
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