Republicans ask Biden to withdraw 'divisive' proposal to teach more Black history

[Solly Mack]

42. McConnell, and many like him, want the same history they learned to continue to be taught

- when what they were taught was not history at all.

It was a narrative that served as a testimony to white men and taught in a manner that was wrapped in the flag and sung to the tune of the star-spangled banner.

It was more indoctrination than a factual telling of America's history.

History can be written as a lie. Look how the South rewrote the Civil War.

A history that leaves out people of color and women isn't history at all.

It is a tale told to shape views and establish a perspective that passes as fact but is rife with lies.

Some want the struggles for equality to taught as proof of growth and goodness - of moving toward a more perfect union. Case closed. They want collective credit for the outcome; a reflection on their own goodness.

When that's not what happened at all.

As for the bad? The actual events of history? Best that be glossed over lest someone or some event looks like the cause and not the solution. They want to be seen as the vehicle for change and not the impediment.

People were enslaved, beaten, murdered, raped, lynched, arrested, attacked, assaulted, homes firebombed and churches bombed.

All facts that some folks call too divisive to be taught.

Land stolen, treaties made in bad faith, populations killed and reduced in number all in the name of glory. Besides, they were “merciless Indian Savages". The Declaration of Independence says so - so it must be true, right?

What's the harm in a little innocent game of "cowboys and Indians"? It's not like it reinforces stereotypes or myths taught as history or paints a negative image of indigenous people, right? Right? Just all good fun. Nothing bad to see here. (Snort)

Ugly truth is, a lot of people got the whole "Leave it to Beaver, Donna Reed, Father Knows Best" brand of history which isn't history at all but a celebration of white life and culture - and even then, it didn't extend to all white people. And it didn't even bother with people of color or the actual status of women at all.

But it was the face of America that too many wanted to present to the world.

That the rest of us demand our rightful, truthful and factual, place in American history scares the crap out of people like McConnell.

They claim if you tell the truth about America that citizens will come to hate their country. That it will cause divisions. Never mind their version of history had division built into it for the purpose of dividing the nation into white people great - and some others also living in America.

But what they really mean is they fear people will come to hate those like him. That they'll resent being taught lies. That people will expect accountability for those lies. That people will break free of the bullshit and that means breaking free of people like McConnell.



I'm so happy you strive to teach the facts.

Thank you for that. My thanks to you and your mother.