"Texas Hearing Considers Deeper Conservative Stamps on Textbooks"- James C. McGinley, Jr.- The New York Times

I’m not the type of person to bemoan things like this on my blog but…

“There have also been efforts among conservatives on the board to tweak the history of the civil rights movement. One amendment states that the movement created ‘unrealistic expectations of equal outcomes’ among minorities. Another proposed change removes any reference to race, sex or religion in talking about how different groups have contributed to the national identity.

References to Ralph Nader and Ross Perot are proposed to be removed, while Stonewall Jackson, the Confederate general, is to be listed as a role model for effective leadership, and the ideas in Jefferson Davis’s inaugural address are to be laid side by side with Abraham Lincoln’s speeches.”

Bemoan. Is it really time to change my voter registration?

4:40 pm, by ahouseoflies
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