Featured Whitewash: New Texas history books will downplay slavery, omit KKK and Jim Crow

And it should be for BLACK people as well, since black folks are being killed much more by other blacks than by cops/white folks.

 

Your reply has noting to do with the OP.

Please address the OP.

 

Having grown up in northern NJ and moved to NNE in 1973, I can recall a LOT more racially inflammatory comments in NNJ than after our move. Maybe it's the difference between the 50s-60s and more recent decades, but I question the validity of the boldfaced comment - not that racism is absent in New England, but that it's "especially rampant."

 

Here is a breakdown of the population in Texas in 1860;

Free -- 421649 Slaves -- 182566 Total -- Total 604,215

So .3021% of the total population were slaves. That is 40+% of the white population.

And some say that slavery was not an important part of the society, culture and economy of Texas at that time? Really?

Source: http://www.civilwarhome.com/population1860.htm

 

You mean we shouldn't "deflect" from your narrative of KKK, Slavery, Lynching, Poll Taxes, Jim Crow laws? None of which are relevant today. So the ground rules are that we shouldn't talk about how things are now? The clock didn't stop in 1968.

 

The OP is about changing the history books to downplay, to indicate if you will, that these subjects were not of much importance in the first half of the 19th century in Texas and the South.

 

Excuse me, are you a moderator?

We are lectured on our national sins continually. It is helpful to contrast that with the reality we face today.

 

Why not simply discuss the OP?

The reality today is that African-Americans are still discriminated against, but in more subtle ways. Also racists have become more sophisticated in their choice of words, but it is still there and can be read between the lines.

As I told Rev. to really find out go to your doctor, have him prescribe medications for you that will turn your skin dark and then spend 6 months to a year traveling around. Then tell us of your experiences. It would be most interesting.

 

Well hooie. I think the reality that inner city Blacks face is a major problem. I do not think White racism is the cause of those problems. It is easy to point out the wrongs of slavery, KKK and Jim Crow laws. Anyone can do that. Not so easy to speak intelligently about solutions to current problems facing African Americans.

 

It is also easy to pretend all black Americans or even most believe as you do.

 

Actually you don't know anything about my interactions with Blacks, how many I've known, served with, or how many may be in my family.

You just don't know. But the thing is that almost everyone wants Blacks to be successful productive citizens. Practically no one wants to see them fail, be involved in gangs or crime. That is common ground.

 

The issue is rewriting the history books, not speaking about the current problems facing blacks.

Do you think Texas public schools textbooks should minimize the role of the KKK, Jim Crow laws, and slavery when discussing the history of the 19th century?

 

There's your racism coming out. Blacks do not march in lock step. And no name calling or other histrionics with not change that fact. Give it a rest.

All we see is words from you.

 

Have you any first hand experience with these books ? I trust you to give a balanced view.

 

I remember learning about Christopher Columbus in school growing up and it was kind of odd how the story stopped upon reaching North America. There was no "rest of the story" of his horrific reign as Governor or viceroy of the Indies. He was actually relieved by the Queen due to incompetence and brutality. His replacement was tasked with investigating him. The stuff he uncovered was the stuff out of a horror movies. I don't think American text books always do a great job of completing the narrative.