Whitewashing History 0
Georgia is among the states that have outlawed teaching truthful American history. At the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Maureen Downey writes of the dilemma that teachers face now that said law has gone into effect in Georgia. A snippet:
Never mind that there are many chapters of U.S. history that should cause anguish — the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre where Colorado cavalrymen slaughtered Native American women and children, the 1896 U.S. Supreme Court Plessy v. Ferguson decision that legalized “separate but equal,” the 1906 Atlanta race riot where 5,000 rampaging white men and boys murdered at least 25 Black Atlantans going about their daily lives and destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses, and the forced relocation and incarceration of 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry during World War II.
Under the new divisive concepts law, a Georgia parent could complain that a teacher’s comments during a discussion of the Atlanta race riot crossed into what the bill defines as “‘race scapegoating, assigning fault or blame to a race.” Such a complaint could land the school system in front of the state Board of Education facing sanctions.
Follow the link for a discussion of possible strategies that teachers can use to avoid falling prey to the proponents of prevarication about the past.
Courting Disaster, Creeping Theocracy Dept. 0
Sam and his crew dissect the slow-moving theocratic coup.
Courting Disaster 0
Michael in Norfolk is concerned about a court run amok, and rightly so.
The Pessimist 0
Field is not sanguine.
Denial Is Not Just a River in Egypt 0
It’s also a law in Florida.
Afterthought:
Denying history means never learning its lessons.
In this case, it is quite clear that those who would deny history also reject its lessons, because they are too busy still rising again after all these years.
Restrictions Need Not Apply 0
Steve M. points out that the rich are different from you and me.
Lies and Lying Liars 0
The American Scholar points out–er– mistatements in Samuel Alito’s abortion rulingwrong concerning American legal and medical history.
Just read it.
Stray Question 0
Why do restaurants keep coming up with sandwiches that you couldn’t possibly wrap your mouth around?
Soiler Alert, Reprise 0
PolticalProf parses the perfidy.
Stray Thought, Originalist Sin Dept.* 0
I just checked the Constitution of the United States of America.
It does not mention airplanes.
Does that mean that the FAA is unconstitutional?
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*Also known as the “Words Mean What I Want Them To Mean Dept.”