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2011-04-16 05:44 PM

Schmidt
Colorado Springs, CO
Posts: 1058

Reference: Jamelle Bouie, American Prospect, Forgetting Slavery, April 13, 2011

Quoting from Bouie's aryticle:

"To mark the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War -- April 12, 1861 -- the Pew Research Center surveyed Americans on their view of the war's legacy... when Pew asked participants about the origins of the Civil War, the results went from mundane to surprising. Not only do a full 48 percent of Americans say that the Civil War was "mainly about states' rights," but among those younger than 30, a whopping 60 percent agree with the assessment. Pew notes that seniors are the only other age group in which more say that states right caused the war, and even then, only 50 percent of seniors agree with the statement. Given the general association of "states' rights" with conservatism, and generally liberal views of younger Americans, this is astounding."

"That so many young Americans believe a revisionist account of the Civil War is, if anything, another sign of our collective refusal to deal with our difficult past. Slaves built the White House and fueled Wall Street, but we want nothing more than to forget slavery and the central role it played in our nation's history."

Well I know many young people that don't fall into that category and some write on this website. But to me it is another example of how our education system, politicians and the media can revise history when they deliberately set out to do so.  The absence of critical thinking in our society contributes to the "planned ignorance."

Bouile places the blame in part on our nation's classrooms singling out as examples the Texas State Board of Education and the state of Virginia for inaccurate textbooks and standards for educating students. But also our southern politicians like Republican Governor Bob McDonnell of Virginia contribute to the falsehoods for political gain.

You can read the entire article at the above link.
2011-04-16 09:47 PM
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Burnface
Parker, AZ
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Its a part of our nations history but just at that is all I take it into account for, every nation on earth at one point in time had slaves, yet of course only the conservatives leave it out.
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