EPSY 5463 Week 1

WHEN: The summer before her first year of college

WHERE: Her family home

BYU

WHAT: Learned to seek knowledge and understanding so that she would not be influenced to be hurtful and/or offensive to others.

WHO: Tara Westover white, educated, mormon, BYU student

She took a U.S. History where she learned about slavery and the Civil Rights Movement.

She went back home with knowledge and understanding.

WHO: Tara Westover white, uneducated, mormon, isolated.

She was homeschooled but hardly any schooling occurred.

She taught herself ACT content, which does not include a history section.

She had no context for African American struggles in the U.S. beyond a text book that said colonial slaves had it better than their master's.

WHEN: The summer after her first year of college

The summer before she laughed at being called "nigger."

She went to college, took a history course, and learned about slavery and the Civil RightsMovement

She returned home and was offended by the use of the word "nigger."

"...never again would I allow myself to be made a foot solider in a conflict I did not understand." Educated by Tara Westover, page 181