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Well said.
We should infect the textbooks with smallpox...
The founders were who they were, "trying to correct their image" implies that we should omit uncomfortable information, which would be a lie.
Explain how trying to correct the current image of our Founders as all pro-slavery is equal to removing any mention of slavery in textbooks. All I see is that the tea party wants the textbooks to be fair to our Founders instead of putting an emphasis on their weaknesses. I see the tea party wanting kids taught that many of our Founders were anti-slavery and were attempting to end it.
Again, I see nowhere where it says the tea party wants any mention of slavery omitted from textbooks. The title of this article is ridiculous and incorrect. This shouldn't be in "news" because it's biased as all get out.
I'm failing to see the quote that states the TN tea party wants to remove all incidents of slavery and genocide from American textbooks. Maybe someone can point it out to me.
Fayette County attorney Hal Rounds, the group’s lead spokesman during the news conference, said the group wants to address “an awful lot of made-up criticism about, for instance, the founders intruding on the Indians or having slaves or being hypocrites in one way or another.
My apologizes kinda new here
That would include, the documents say, that “the Constitution created a Republic, not a Democracy.
Fayette County attorney Hal Rounds, the group’s lead spokesman during the news conference, said the group wants to address “an awful lot of made-up criticism about, for instance, the founders intruding on the Indians or having slaves or being hypocrites in one way or another.
Explain how trying to correct the current image of our Founders as all pro-slavery is equal to removing any mention of slavery in textbooks.
It's not all instances necessarily, BUT, it does whitewash the fact that George Washington and Thomas Jefferson (among others) owned slaves. Sorry if that makes them look bad. Present the facts, let people make their own judgements.
Well, they weren't ALL pro-slavery... wouldn't it be better to just teach which states supported slavery and which states didn't...
Oh, that's what they already do?
So why are we changing that?
I'm still waiting for someone to explain the title of this thread.
From the OP:
“No portrayal of minority experience in the history which actually occurred shall obscure the experience or contributions of the Founding Fathers, or the majority of citizens, including those who reached positions of leadership.”
And how do you get "The TN Tea Party wants Slavery Removed from Textbooks" from that? I realize the OP was wise enough to phrase it as a question, but many people here are taking it as a statement. I see nowhere in this statement where the tea party wants slavery removed from textbooks. Perhaps you can explain it to me.
And how do you get "The TN Tea Party wants Slavery Removed from Textbooks" from that? I realize the OP was wise enough to phrase it as a question, but many people here are taking it as a statement. I see nowhere in this statement where the tea party wants slavery removed from textbooks. Perhaps you can explain it to me.
Well slavery obscures the founding fathers words of "all men are created equal". :mrgreen:
We're talking about the people...the Founders. All the TN Tea party is saying is that the Founders shouldn't be generally portrayed as slave-owners because they weren't all slave-owners.
All the want is to be fair. They want kids to learn about the abolitionist Founders and the black Founders, not just that Jefferson and Washington owned slaves.
Why wouldn't you want a more well-rounded education on the people who founded this country?
Well slavery obscures the founding fathers words of "all men are created equal". :mrgreen:
Yes, black founders.
Which is only half the story. They wrote that in there because most wanted an end to slavery. What's wrong with telling the whole story?
Name one black man who singed the Declaration of Independence. Voted to ratify the U.S. Constitution. Or the Bill of Rights.
And sleeping with a black slave does not make you black. Cool and hip and ahead of your time, but not black.
Many helped us win independence from Britain, putting their lives in danger in order for this country to exist. I'd say that qualifies them. .
Who says that? From my colloege government classes way back when, the phrase was put in by a more liberal element, and it didn't have anything to do with slaves at all. They largely meant white male property holders as being equal. But I'm open to any evidence you have that the phrase was put in to lead to ending slavery. :coffeepap
Yes, some fought for the British as well. Thank you for the research, winston.
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