That seems to be the mantra of the Republican National Committee, which is formally condemning the new College Board AP US History framework as being — well, just too downright negative. Never mind that it's meant to be the equivalent a college-level history course, not a basic survey of US history for high schoolers — all that seems to matter is that it doesn't focus enough on lists of Founding Fathers and other Great American Heroes, nor on how spiffy the US is, and always has been.
I mean, criticizing Manifest Destiny, or suggesting that the tenements of Gilded Age New York weren't the fault of immigrants that couldn't be bothered to learn English? How downright ideological!
Republicans throw a conniption over the teaching of U.S. history
As students prepare to return to school in the next few weeks, there’s no better time for a conservative freakout over education. The issue of the moment is a new outline, or “framework,” issued by the College Board for advanced placement classes in US history.
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Well, traditionally, history is written by the victors, right? Letting it be written by… historians… Totally new thing. I can see where that would be controversial.
It's an AP curriculum. No wonder the RNC doesn't know about it.
Remember, the War of Northern Aggression was all about denying State’s Rights. Slaves were too expensive for most people to own, so this isn’t the reason Southerners fought.