Thread by @timjacobwise

Brief thread: critics of Critical Race Theory say kids shouldn't be taught the role of racism in the development of America. But far worse is the propaganda my generation was taught, with books that papered over horrific inhumanity in the name of patriotism. To wit, books like...

This steaming mess of nonsense. Sadly, it's the first book I ever read. My mom's notation on the inside flap says I did so 50 years ago this week, btw. She's horrified by it too, in retrospect...This is the BS right-wingers prefer kids learn...

Here is how it handles Jackson's operation of a concentration camp filled with human property...This is what conservatives want kids to learn...

Here is how the book handled his role in the war with the Creek, at Horseshoe Bend. Rather than mentioning how he and his men sliced skin from the bodies of the dead for use as bridal reins, they leave it with...

And when Jackson died, we learn how sad his captives were...

This is what passes for American history to the right...hagiographic nonsense meant to promote uncritical national self-love. So yeah, CRT is not the problem...