Book report
Far from verity
After taking time reading this eye opening novel “Lies My Teacher Told Me” written by Dr. James W. Loewen, the book has open my mind to American History and the reality of everyday life, for example on the topics of Helen Keller, the unbelievable truth of Woodrow Wilson, the exploration of Christopher Columbus, and the inverse truth of heroes and sheroes. To begin with, in textbooks I have read, Woodrow Wilson was seemed as one of the most important man and promising to the blacks when it came to segregation times; however that was not the case after reading. In the novel, Woodrow actually promised blacks numerous things, quite the opposite he popularized segregation between the Southern Whites and Blacks. Just to name a few of his broken promises, the former president assigned positions in the government to the Southern whites rather than assigning them to the Blacks whom were already assigned the positions, shut down African-American newspapers, segregated the navy ,and even threw out black visitors from the white house. History textbooks barely mention this “black mark” on Wilson Woodrow’s presidential term. Not too surprising, but quite eye opening that Christopher Columbus’ odyssey was the result of push for wealth, yet American textbooks doesn’t put it that way. Domination was a signature for Columbus’ journey when Loewen said “If textbooks included these facts, they might induce students to thing intelligently about why the West dominated the world today.” Authors indeed twisted Christopher Columbus’ exploration to the matters it wasn’t! Students similar as I are blinded by myths of the first thanksgiving that the actual date of the first U.S. settlement presented almost as if it is unimportant. The exemption of religion, the exemption of truth from John Brown is not right, the blurred truth of the middle class country, the cover up of the government, and many other topics. “Lies My Teachers Told Me” and the information I have learned
After taking time reading this eye opening novel “Lies My Teacher Told Me” written by Dr. James W. Loewen, the book has open my mind to American History and the reality of everyday life, for example on the topics of Helen Keller, the unbelievable truth of Woodrow Wilson, the exploration of Christopher Columbus, and the inverse truth of heroes and sheroes. To begin with, in textbooks I have read, Woodrow Wilson was seemed as one of the most important man and promising to the blacks when it came to segregation times; however that was not the case after reading. In the novel, Woodrow actually promised blacks numerous things, quite the opposite he popularized segregation between the Southern Whites and Blacks. Just to name a few of his broken promises, the former president assigned positions in the government to the Southern whites rather than assigning them to the Blacks whom were already assigned the positions, shut down African-American newspapers, segregated the navy ,and even threw out black visitors from the white house. History textbooks barely mention this “black mark” on Wilson Woodrow’s presidential term. Not too surprising, but quite eye opening that Christopher Columbus’ odyssey was the result of push for wealth, yet American textbooks doesn’t put it that way. Domination was a signature for Columbus’ journey when Loewen said “If textbooks included these facts, they might induce students to thing intelligently about why the West dominated the world today.” Authors indeed twisted Christopher Columbus’ exploration to the matters it wasn’t! Students similar as I are blinded by myths of the first thanksgiving that the actual date of the first U.S. settlement presented almost as if it is unimportant. The exemption of religion, the exemption of truth from John Brown is not right, the blurred truth of the middle class country, the cover up of the government, and many other topics. “Lies My Teachers Told Me” and the information I have learned