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"The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next." - Abraham Lincoln
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The TEARING DOWN of AMERICA:
Is There a Link to Public Education?
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What happened to Civics 101?
As Americans have watched the now out-of-control rioting and destruction of statues, monuments, and even entire areas of some cities, many are questioning who these protesters are and why they are so intent on destroying key symbols of American history. The crowds are predominantly young people, presumably educated, but with a rage against the country that is not in keeping with what we would think they should have learned in school about America's history and heroes. Or are they acting out exactly what they have been taught, unbeknownst to parents and other concerned citizens?
At first the rallying cry of the protests was to abolish any perceived symbols of the Confederacy and Southern slave-holding. General Robert E. Lee, who led the Confederate army in the Civil War, and Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy, immediately came to mind, with other Confederate officers' and politicians' being quickly added to the list. It did not take long, however, for the widespread ignorance of history to be demonstrated in vivid, manic colors.
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| Jarrett Stepman - The War on History |
Jarrett Stepman is a contributor to The Daily Signal and co-host of The Right Side of History podcast. He joined us in January 2020 to talk about what is happening in schools and how mis-education of history is effecting America today and in the future as articulated in his new book, The War on History: The Conspiracy to Rewrite America's Past.
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Debunking Howard Zinn: Exposing the Fake History that Turned a Generation Against America, by Mary Grabar, 2018.
Most people probably do not know that high school and college students over the past forty years have learned about American history from an avowed Communist who actually hated America. Unfortunately, no one dared to challenge the narrative - that is, until now. Mary Grabar deserves our gratitude for her intricately researched Debunking Howard Zinn: Exposing the Fake History that Turned a Generation Against America. It has been a long time coming.
Zinn's book is called A People's History of the United States and has been celebrated by Hollywood celebrities and education elites for decades. It even made it into Matt Damon's dialog in the hit movie Good Will Hunting. Professor Grabar, however, knows that A People's History is not history at all but is instead a compendium of assertions that are inaccurate, incomplete, or fabricated out of thin air. Why do today's young people believe Christopher Columbus was a renegade murderer of American Indians? They learned it from Howard Zinn. Why do they view the United States as an oppressor of non-whites and the poor? They learned it from Howard Zinn. And the list goes on and on.
Debunking Howard Zinn is a must-read for anyone who wants to learn true American history instead of Zinn's outrageously fabricated version. It might be an eye-opening experience. It is available most everywhere books are sold.
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Editor: Pat Daugherty, Ed.D.
Associate Editor: Julia Warton
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