January 19, 2021 ☼ trump ☼ america ☼ 1776
Source: The Washington Post - Link
Historians responded with dismay and anger Monday after the White House’s “1776 Commission” released a report that it said would help Americans better understand the nation’s history by “restoring patriotic education.”
“It’s a hack job. It’s not a work of history,” American Historical Association executive director James Grossman told The Washington Post. “It’s a work of contentious politics designed to stoke culture wars.”
This might be a slight overreaction, but I have no doubt that the report is a whitewash. History education should not be ‘patriotic’, that’s just propaganda. History education should be as close to the truth as we can make it, warts and all.