Textbooks should show that neither morality nor immorality can simply be conferred upon us by history. Merely being part of the United States, without regard to our own acts and ideas, does not make us moral or immoral beings. History is more complicated than that.
Textbooks pretty much have no real drama. They have no real storyline. To the extent they have a storyline. - James W. Loewen
Textbooks pretty much have no real drama. They have no real storyline. To the extent they have a storyline.
- James W. Loewen
Many Americans have never owned a book. And others have never owned a non-fiction book. Providing them with a 300-page paperback would get them start… - James W. Loewen
Many Americans have never owned a book. And others have never owned a non-fiction book. Providing them with a 300-page paperback would get them start…
It is always useful to think badly about people one has exploited or plans to exploit... No one likes to think of him or herself as a bad person. To … - James W. Loewen
It is always useful to think badly about people one has exploited or plans to exploit... No one likes to think of him or herself as a bad person. To …
Students will start finding history interesting when their teachers and textbooks stop lying to them. - James W. Loewen
Students will start finding history interesting when their teachers and textbooks stop lying to them.
The antidote to feel-good history is not feel-bad history but honest and inclusive history. - James W. Loewen
The antidote to feel-good history is not feel-bad history but honest and inclusive history.
History can be a weapon, and it can be used against you. - James W. Loewen
History can be a weapon, and it can be used against you.
Many Americans have never owned a book, and I'm not talking about because of the recent digital revolution. I'm talking about before there even was a… - James W. Loewen
Many Americans have never owned a book, and I'm not talking about because of the recent digital revolution. I'm talking about before there even was a…
Christopher Columbus introduced two phenomena that revolutionized race relations and transformed the modern world: the taking of land, wealth, and la… - James W. Loewen
Christopher Columbus introduced two phenomena that revolutionized race relations and transformed the modern world: the taking of land, wealth, and la…
Those who don't remember the past are condemned to repeat the eleventh grade. - James W. Loewen
Those who don't remember the past are condemned to repeat the eleventh grade.
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