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Why Do Approved American History Textbooks Contain Missing Links

October 21, 2024 Jim Mamer, Scheer Post. , , ,
We study American history for important reasons. We study because it helps us understand how events in the past continue to influence the present. We study because American history tells us who we are. Yet teaching a full and honest history is much more difficult than it should be. There are history textbooks that ignore the fact that white elites grew rich off the labor of the enslaved. There are textbooks that continue to minimize extraordinary struggles for universal suffrage. There are textbooks that fail to examine the long-term effects of forcing Indigenous young people into off-reservation boarding schools.

How Not To Celebrate Juneteenth

June 18, 2021 Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. , , ,
Juneteenth was largely a regional holiday celebrated by Black people in Texas and other southern states. It commemorates the events of June 19, 1865, when Union troops arrived in Galveston and announced that slavery ended as per General Order Number 3. "The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.” It is an important event that ought to be remembered, but its true significance has been lost. Juneteenth has become the latest iteration of liberal capture of Black politics, opportunistic virtue signaling, and the intentional misrepresentation of America’s history. Corrupt and avaricious corporations honor Juneteenth and cynical politicians give it great attention.

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