When I was in school in the 1950s and 1960s we pretty much learned white history. And the whites in America were always good guys, both at home and abroad. And I grew up in the north. Looks like Lynne Cheney is finally getting her way because we are heading back there. We'll see how that works out. I think part of what contributed to the counterculture and other movements in the '60s was that people my age were pretty pissed when they found out how they were lied to in school.
"Manifest Destiny" was presented--at least implicitly--in a positive light. The idea that it was our own unique form of imperialism was never even hinted at.
The fact that many founders and subsequent presidents were slaveowners was pretty much glossed over.
Reconstruction was presented as kinda not working out, and that was largely because those northern carpetbaggers forced the white southerners to retake control. There was no mention of the fact that many places in the south had fully functioning black majority governments that were violently overthrown.
Robert E. Lee was characterized as a pretty good guy who reluctantly decided to remain loyal to his state of Virginia (i.e., betray his country). And he didn't care much for slavery, even though he was a pretty big slaveowner.
These things and many others will now be taught again. Welcome to whitelashed and whitewashed America.
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