Re: Is this a problem?

In article <hpfnv1$jv2$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
sometimers <sometimers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 4/6/2010 10:50 AM, W. Baker wrote:
sometimers<sometimers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

: In the 1950's and before there were a lot of things universally,
: or almost so, accepted that you can doubtless find moral objection
: to today. The US is busy rewriting not only how things were
: understood, but obliterating entire segments of history whenever
: possible. For example, Columbus was seen as a hero in my youth.
: Many today see him as a villain. There's been some movement towards
: eliminating him from history studies mostly because his impact is
: seen today as too Eurocentric.

And in Texas, the very conservative school text book committee is
eliminaing Thomas Jefferson from the History text books and eliminating
the secular or at most Deist bent of the fonding fathers.

Wendy

Looks like they want to include John Calvin and Thomas Aquinas instead.

Is the outrage sufficient to change the system Texas uses?

A proper history curriculum would not eliminate, but seek to include
more.

Great Americans both. Maybe they could Edward Said, too.
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