Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Is History Racist ???

Henry Ford once said, "history is bunk".

Now, apparently, history is racist. You can read about it here:

https://www.thestreet.com/mishtalk/economics/illinois-rep-wants-to-abolish-history-classes-as-racist

Yes, "history" is written by the people in charge. And the "official" version of US history has been written mostly by white people. Does that mean we should abolish it?

In my view, most history is self-serving propaganda. Anyone who doesn't want to be racist should read all versions of history, and there are plenty of those.

And the key issue is treating them ALL as truthful, at least from the point of view of the writer and the intended audience of the writer.

Some day, the versions may converge. On that day, and not before, we'll be able to hope racism finally has been abolished.

Update 8/6/2020

Now math also is being called racist:


THIS is how a dark age starts. And who's to say how and when it might end?

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