A Whole History....

This is a response to Doc Oc's post on the Texas textbook legislation (say that ten times fast).  Stephen Colbert did a piece on this recently and I thought it would make sense to bring this interview to light, especially seeing as how he used Eric Foner, author of our textbook, Give Me Liberty! as his guest.

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I think that we have all already heard about about the Texas School Board decision in Doc OC's Post (though this is a funny video).   I liked his comment on "American Exceptionalism,"  though I think that most textbooks will have to write textbooks that are missing a few things.

I was a little surprised by the fact that Foner said, "Yes, it is [a complete history of America]" because I expected the author of the textbook that we used to be a little more knowing of its exceptions, though he does admit that all textbooks have exceptions a little later.

Foner talks about the "redemptive arc" of America and how we Texas makes it look like we started perfect and got better instead of starting with problems and working for something better.

What do you think of Eric Foner the man and what would he think of our class?