return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agoWhat's the "keeping it real" history that Americans are taught the whitewashed version in school?message-squaremessage-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square42linkfedilink
minus-squareFletcher@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month 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-up0·edit-21 month agoI knew that book was solid when my father said it was too radical lol
minus-squareFletcher@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month 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. :)