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| PhantOS:
--- Quote from: Wesley Williams on April 26, 2017, 07:18:11 PM ---That may very well be true, personally I would prefer if history is presented from a global, all-encompassing perspective rather than cater to cultural trends. The past hasn't changed, and it would be nice if we could just present the facts and all perspectives such that the curriculum remains static. --- End quote --- they probably did but the conservatives didn't feel comfortable with the facts being presented and wanted it to be written according to them, which is to say, not focusing on human rights Germany's curriculum is very specific and when they talk about the holocaust i'm sure they overstress the magnitude of the atrocities committed against the jewish race. However, there's always that one person that can't stand the sight of acknowledgment of a global atrocity and want everything to be completely belittled for their sake. That might be the same 'conservative backlash' crowd you're referring to. |
| Gytyyhgfffff:
--- Quote from: Wesley Williams on April 26, 2017, 07:07:06 PM ---For those interested in what people mean by liberals rewriting history to support their bias, check out what the College Board did with the AP United States History curriculum in 2014 and 2015. They rewrote it to revolve around struggles for peoples' rights and acceptance, there was a big conservative backlash, they ignored conservative complaints, then people threatened to use a competing business and they decided to re-revise their curriculum. --- End quote --- now i am not sure what to think about the bias inherit in the us history course (a bias that you will most likely be able to find from any history book, mind you) but after some research college board did actually look into the backlash and added some of the stuff that conservatives thought was missing (patriotism, religious influences, founding fathers, etc) into their curriculum. the conservatives seemed to argue that us history should be about the good times in us history, which i personally disagree with. history should be there to enlighten scholars about past mistakes like slavery and internment camps so that future generations don't pull that bullstuff again since you didn't post any sources i'll post mine so others don't have to spend 5 years looking through bullstuff like i did: http://mashable.com/2015/07/31/college-board-american-exceptionalism/#UhKUVllq1ZqV most of the stuff cited in there is from various official backlash against the curriculum bonus quote of the day: https://puu.sh/vxkok/238cab5bd7.png |
| otto-san:
--- Quote from: PhantOS on April 26, 2017, 07:31:24 PM ---they probably did but the conservatives didn't feel comfortable with the facts being presented and wanted it to be written according to them, which is to say, not focusing on human rights --- End quote --- even if this is a contentious way to present the idea, it is worth mentioning that, since humans naturally tend to seek out information that confirms their biases and ignore information that conflicts with them, it's really difficult to write history down in an objective manner in the first place, and even harder to make sure it's agreeable to everyone, because as we all know, even objective facts are often up for debate in politics. of course, making sure the accepted course of history is agreeable to everyone shouldn't really be a concern, but clearly it's something that people will get upset about |
| Nonnel:
--- Quote from: Gytyyhgfffff on April 26, 2017, 07:33:08 PM ---bonus quote of the day: https://puu.sh/vxkok/238cab5bd7.png --- End quote --- "If people realize the horrible things this country has done, they won't support us anymore!" |
| SeventhSandwich:
I would really like to see what these monuments actually looked like. Honoring fallen Confederate soldiers seems fine to me, but glorifying the Confederacy seems shaky since the sole purpose of its existence was to prevent the end of slavery... |
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