Many historians choose to tell the "Story of America" as a positive story of freedom, equality, and progress. Frederick Douglass (several quotes to follow) insisted that an accurate representation of our nation must focus on truth.
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"The rich inheritance of Justice, Liberty, Prosperity, and Independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me. The sunlight that brought light and healing to you, has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth of July is yours, not mine, you may rejoice, I must mourn."
"I make no pretension to patriotism...I will hold up America to the lightning scorn of moral indignation. In doing this, I shall feel myself discharging the duty of a true patriot; for he is a lover of his country who rebukes and does not excuse its sins."
The History of the United States "involves the necessity of plain speaking of the wrongs and outrages endured, and of rights withheld, and withheld in flagrant contradiction to boasted American Republican liberty and civilization."
How can we continue to peddle comfortable lies and whitewashed history to our students...no wonder they fall asleep in class...they know many of us are liars too!
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