 A good portion of  that comes from black people not being mentioned at all in the schools curriculum.The only time they are mentioned is to be demonized or if  something that is negative, because of the false information black students are given about their people they seem to try to assimilate with the white population then turn continue to circulate these negative views on their own people.Woodson actually conducted an interview  with a professor of a black college who exact words were when asked how does he plan to teach black students about their people his response was  "We do not offer here any course in Negro history, Negro literature, or race relations.