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I knew history education in this country — the South in particular — was bad, but this... I don’t have words for some of this, or at least none that won’t earn me a suspension. https://www.theroot.com/we-found-the-textbooks-of-senators-who-oppose-the-1619-1846832317
I’ve never in my life advocated burning a book, but this may change my mind.
“Now it all makes sense.
“This is why they oppose expanding the historiography of our national story. American schools have never taught a version of history that wasn’t racialized. But, apparently, it’s perfectly fine if the racial narrative skews toward whiteness.”
“This is why they oppose expanding the historiography of our national story. American schools have never taught a version of history that wasn’t racialized. But, apparently, it’s perfectly fine if the racial narrative skews toward whiteness.”
“They can’t be opposed to learning a different historical perspective because they never learned history; they were spoonfed fiction in bite-sized morsels.”
