Thread by @jzfriedman

A coalition of 80 scholarly and educational organizations joined us @PENamerica issuing a pubic statement today voicing firm opposition to the troublesome "divisive concepts" legislation around the country.
nytimes.com/2021/06/16/art…

"Educators owe students a clear-eyed, nuanced, and frank delivery of history so that they can learn, grow, and confront the issues of the day, not hew to some state-ordered ideology." Read the full statement and signatories here: pen.org/joint-statemen…

We write: "A white-washed view of history cannot change what happened in the past. A free and open society depends on the unrestricted pursuit and dissemination of knowledge."

Grateful to @AHAhistorians @AAUP and @aacu who partnered with us in authoring the statement, calling out these state-level bills for the threat they pose to education in a democracy.

Thanks to the many groups who endorsed the statement, including @ADL @AFTunion @ACLS1919 @ASAnews @AmericanAnthro @APSAtweets @apaphilosophy @MLAnews @nwsa @aupresses @awpwriter @AERA_EdResearch @ALA_ACRL @AGBInsights @ARLnews @caavisual @ALALibrary @FTRF @The_OAH @PhiBetaKappa

@_NAFEO @HACUNews @NADOHE_ @ACPA @NAFSA @NACAC @AACTE @afsfolklorists @ASEH_org @AmerStudiesAssn @AAAStudies @editorialnotes @ncte @ncph @ASPHS1 @ASHEoffice @CRL_Global @MESA_1966 @TheGSA @HistCoalition @NCSSNetwork @CHCInetwork @MetropolitanU @cies_us @jnginstitute

@AgHistorySoc @CentralEuropean @CLGBTH @CzechoslovakSA @drughistory @faithandhistory @frenchcolonial @IEHS1965 @lawcha_org @RadHistReview @rhetsoc @chnm @SAAupdates @scsclassics @shgape @SSEMWomenGender @SAH1365 @SCWHistorians @TheSouthernSHA @UrbanHistoryA @WhaHistory