Rogers: Left-wing influences limit American history classes
February 24, 2015
Oklahomans are attempting to stop the revisionist-left from fiddling with the history books. The Oklahoma legislature has approved a bill to stop funding advanced placement history classes, on the basis that the curriculum is too left-wing. This is not a recent change to our history curriculum. The anti-American emphasis has been around for at least 40 years. There’s nothing wrong with teaching about American atrocities, but a fair account should be given. What modern textbook teaches children about the atrocity of the American welfare-state? What textbook teaches children about the bankrupting of our nation and the millions of lives that have been ruined due to social-welfare programs? Public schools have become left-wing daycare centers of the state. And it’s not just history that gets drenched in the leftist worldview, it’s every field of study. There’s a severe left-wing bias in academia, and it bleeds through into almost every textbook I’ve ever read. The left will ultimately win and their “facts” will be taught.