Classroom time is finite. We have to choose which is more important: to get our kids to a basic literacy level, or to delve deeper into slavery. I say the first is more critical if we are to have a functioning society.Human suffering has been going on since the beginning of time, white Jews are not the only semitic people. As a matter of fact the early Jews were black.
Slavery in school was brushed over at best, we were all taught the atrocities that Jewish folks suffered during the Holocaust. The atrocities that black folks suffered during slavery and Jim Crow in this country are not taught.
So why is American His-Story and World His-Story taught in school? How much does that take away from kids learning math and reading? You don't have a problem with the evils of the German folks being taught when it comes to the atrocities committed against Jewish folks.
As far as what was brushed over, I recall learning about slavery, but the Holocaust was not taught at all.