20 yrs ago subjects like science, tech, engineering & math (STEM) became emphasized in public schools. But history, civics, government and art are just as important & their de-emphasis in schools has had devastating effects. (There’s a reason why he said “I love the uneducated”)
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History is important, but the question is, from whose perspective?
Certain things, like whether or not there was slavery and when, aren’t a matter of “perspective.” American children should be brought up with a clear-eyed view of the wrongs that have been committed by the US as well as all the good we’ve stood for. Both are real & both matter.
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They can begin by telling the horrific truth about what the White Christian Europeans did to Native Americans when they arrived here so they could have this thing called America.
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I absolutely agree. If true history has been taught, we wouldn't have protesters today trying to pull down statues of Christopher Columbus, because there wouldn't have been such statues in the first place.
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1/ My response was tongue-in-cheek. Up to now, American history has been, for the most part, written from an entitled and biased white perspective. Our history books conveniently omit the number of democratically elected leaders of numerous countries our government had helped
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2/ to overthrow and replace with despots. History education is worse than worthless if it does not reflect objective and unadorned truths, it is deadly.
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