There's absolutely nothing sensible in this tweet about anything. Hell, several historians rejected the Dunning approach *while he was still teaching.* Bassett rejected it in the 00s, Stephenson rejected it in the 20s. Coulter was SHREDDED for preaching Dunning in... 1948https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/1460457078707953667 …
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Foner: "Even in states with black majorities, however, Southern Republicanism needed white support. They found it among “carpetbaggers” from the North and “scalawag” native white Southerners, who, in turn, were subjected to a torrent of abuse by their Democratic opponents."
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I still don't understand what evidence you have that Dunning-style history was being taught in high schools in most of the US "until very recently."
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