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>Consider the labeling by some news organizations of the teaching of a more accurate, nuanced and complete version of American history, a version that includes
by john_moscow 5y ago
>Consider the labeling by some news organizations of the teaching of a more accurate, nuanced and complete version of American history, a version that includes the genocide of Native Americans, and the transatlantic slave-trade etc., as 'un-patriotic' and 'un-American'. [2], [3]
Oh, that's a perfect example if you actually look into the details of what is being taught. It's not about calling out specific behaviors that used to be norm decades/centuries ago and making sure we won't repeat them. It's about dividing the classroom students into 2 groups based on the factor they cannot chose (race) and claiming that:
1. The majority needs to feel guilt for the actions they have never committed, and cull their ambitions accordingly.
2. The minority should feel entitled to steamroll over the majority as a retribution for the actions committed by people that are long dead now.
This is exactly how you introduce division in the society and make sure that instead of cooperating, people will spend their energy fighting against each other.
My favorite example here is the actual text of the Trump's executive order [0] banning it:
(a) “Divisive concepts” means the concepts that
(1) one race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex;
(2) the United States is fundamentally racist or sexist;
(3) an individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously;
(4) an individual should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment solely or partly because of his or her race or sex;
It was combating these specific divisive behaviors. Except, the order was presented by the media as "racist" and was quickly reversed by Biden. Most of the people supporting the reversal never did the actual research, they trusted the media that portrayed a very single-sided picture. Because someone decided anything pro-Trump is "misinformation" and everything pro-Biden isn't.
If you want an example of the media bias, try searching for "trump executive order critical race theory" on Google [1] vs DuckDuckGo [2] and compare the effort needed to find the actual facts.
[0] https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-combating-race-sex-stereotyping/ https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/ex...
[1] https://duckduckgo.com/?q=trump+executive+order+critical+race+theory https://duckduckgo.com/?q=trump+executive+order+critical+rac...
[2] https://www.google.com/search?q=trump+executive+order+critical+race+theory https://www.google.com/search?q=trump+executive+order+critic...