Letter: Future of U.S. threatened by revisionist history
A reader's letter argues that historical revisionism regarding slavery and secession threatens the future of the United States. It criticizes political efforts to downplay the role of white supremacy in American history. The author references the 'Myth of the Lost Cause' as an example of false historical narratives.
The Trump administration has fledged an all-out campaign of erasing and rewriting history it finds contrary to the notion that the American people of English/Northern European descent are infallible. Having just read, “The Myth of the Lost Cause,” by military historian Edward Bonekemper, it is clear false historical revisions are nothing new. The myth assumes slaves were content and secession had nothing to do with slavery or white supremacy — only states’ rights. The overwhelming documentation…
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