Daily Dose of Common Sense

Some Texas conservatives are looking to rewrite textbooks for elementary, middle school, and high school students in order to push their political agenda. The State Board of Education is holding hearings on proposed changes, and will take a preliminary vote this week. There are seven conservative members on the fifteen-member board, and they hope to change textbooks to, “portray conservatives in a more positive light, emphasize the role of Christianity in American history and include Republican political philosophies.”

Here is a proposed change:

There have also been efforts among conservatives on the board to tweak the history of the civil rights movement. One amendment states that the movement created “unrealistic expectations of equal outcomes” among minorities. Another proposed change removes any reference to race, sex or religion in talking about how different groups have contributed to the national identity.

“Unrealistic expectations?” Oh, Texas. Please come to your senses and don’t rewrite history with your crazy theories.

But, wait! There’s more:

References to Ralph Nader and Ross Perot are proposed to be removed, while Stonewall Jackson, the Confederate general, is to be listed as a role model for effective leadership, and the ideas in Jefferson Davis’s inaugural address are to be laid side by side with Abraham Lincoln’s speeches.

I guess Texas wants to make sure the kids learn racism and never find out about independent political candidates.

How about just sticking to the facts? The unbiased, neutral, mostly historical facts?

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