AP’s Latest History Textbook Says Christians And Conservatives Are Racists

[Revmitchell]

An AP U.S. History textbook slated for distribution in 2019 reportedly contains anti-Trump bias and says Christians and conservatives are racists and xenophobes.

Radio host Alex Clark of WNOW’s “The Joe and Alex Show” posted photos of the book and its contents on Twitter after publisher Pearson Education sent samples of the book to public schools to encourage school administrations to purchase it, according to Fox News. The textbook features sections on the Black Live Matter movement and the 2016 presidential elections in which author New York University Professor James Fraser portrays Christians, conservatives, and President Donald Trump supporters as bigots who fear non-white ethnicities.

“There are specific parts where it goes off the rails from a historical textbook toward an op-ed,” Minnesota Rosemount High School student Tarra Snyder told Fox News.


“It was really, really surprising to me. I really believe that learning should be objective and that students can make their own decisions based on what they’re able to learn in a classroom; and if the facts are skewed, then students aren’t able to make well-rounded decisions on what they believe.”

AP’s Latest History Textbook Says Christians And Conservatives Are Racists

 

[carpro]

Historical revisionism is in vogue for the left.

It's been going on to one degree or another for decades.

 

[Salty]

Mark, of course us conservatives are racists - we did not want Obama elected.




PS - how about trying my Stetson on with your uniform!

 

[rlvaughn]

Following some of the links in different articles, I find the book itself is identified as By The People, by James Fraser. The average of 29 reviews on Amazon gives it only two stars.

 

[church mouse guy]

Pearson says that they have 30,000 employees in 70 countries. They have a couple of locations in Indianapolis and have been here for decades. They grade tests here and they had a warehouse, which I think that they moved to a newer part of town. They do publish textbooks. American education has declined into left-wing stuff, as you know, but this book sounds as if it were written by the Democrat National Committee.

This started after World War II. My teachers during the 50s were followers of the socialist John Dewey; some were bitter about their wages. It was the beginning of social promotions and the watering down of the curriculum, derisively labelled basket weaving and finger painting. In fairness to that generation, they suffered badly during the Great Depression and paid the devastating price of World War II and Korea.

 

[Rob_BW]

At least as far back as 1980 and Zinn's "A People's History of the United States," the word "people" or "people's" in the title is somewhat of a socialist calling card, or dog whistle.

"In a 1998 interview, Zinn said he had set "quiet revolution" as his goal for writing A People's History. "Not a revolution in the classical sense of a seizure of power, but rather from people beginning to take power from within the institutions. In the workplace, the workers would take power to control the conditions of their lives." "
A People's History of the United States - Wikipedia

 

[church mouse guy]

Yes, but Dewey precedes Zinn. Dewey died in 1952. He published 1000 items. I sometimes wonder if he had satanic powers in writing? Reagan had the right idea in abolishing the Carter Department of Education, but Americans never abolish any governmental department. Parents should be given vouchers so that no child should be forced to attend public schools.