return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agoWhat's the "keeping it real" history that Americans are taught the whitewashed version in school?message-squaremessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down14
arrow-up164arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the "keeping it real" history that Americans are taught the whitewashed version in school?return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squareFletcher@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·4 days agoAs has been mentioned before - Howard Zinn. His ‘A People’s History of the United States’ is jaw-dropping. This book literally changed my life.
minus-squareTruscape@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-24 days agoI knew that book was solid when my father said it was too radical lol
minus-squareFletcher@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 days agoHeheh…a very wise man once told me that ‘every truth begins as a heresy’. In the 30+ years since I was told this, I have found it to be completely accurate. :)
As has been mentioned before - Howard Zinn. His ‘A People’s History of the United States’ is jaw-dropping. This book literally changed my life.
I knew that book was solid when my father said it was too radical lol
Heheh…a very wise man once told me that ‘every truth begins as a heresy’. In the 30+ years since I was told this, I have found it to be completely accurate. :)