This week hundreds of students in Colorado decide to walk out of class in order to protest the conservative-leaning Jefferson County board of education who are trying to edit and cast history events in a new light. Why would they do this? They say they are trying to promote patriotism, respect for authority and free enterprise. But all this really means civil rights activists like Susan B. Anthony and Dr. Martin Luther King will be seen as unpatriotic, trouble makers. So the people who go against the law to do good for our society are put on the same level as criminals.
Ultimately, this is censorship. It's censorship to make our sometimes dark history look better than it was and give it more justification. It isn't the government's job or any school board to give their opinions in a textbook. We should be given the truth. We need to be given the truth and all the details no matter how horrible because when we aren't given it we can't learn from it. And if they create their perfectly ignorant student we can expect history to repeat itself.
Link: http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/29/opinion/wheeler-colorado-student-protests/index.html?hpt=us_c2
This is so awesome, I'm glad people are protesting blatant censorship. -Azra
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