AZ charter school’s ‘Tea Party’ history book claims whites envied the ‘freedom’ of slaves, and more.

[Fred Sanders]

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One of Arizona’s oldest public charter schools is under fire from the Americans United for Separation of Church and State for using textbooks that actively promote religious interpretations of American history.

According to the group, Heritage Academy uses two books by controversial anti-communist author Cleon Skousen — The 5,000 Year Leap and The Making of America — that “push ‘Christian nation’ propaganda and other religious teachings on impressionable, young students,” according to Alex Luchenitser, the associate legal director for Americans United.

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In The Making of America, Skousen included an essay by Fred Albert Shannon, in which he argued that “if black children ran naked it was generally from choice, and when the white boys had to put on shoes and go away to school they were likely to envy the freedom of their colored playmates.”

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The religious fundamentalists are trying to teach slavery as a good thing to children, all state funded.........and where is the media on this obscenity?

And black kids were envied by white kids for the "freedom" of not wearing shoes....white privilege has a long, long history.

[el_bryanto]

1. I don't doubt that it's true - but do you have a link?

Because that's pretty nuts.

Bryant

[KamaAina]

24. He put 'em in there

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[joeybee12]

2. "Playmates"?????

How phucked up is that...they weren't slaves, they were playmates!

[Fred Sanders]

3. Fucked up and being re-taught to children as a good thing....why is the school not shut down?

As a hate crime scene?

[randys1]

26. Koch Bros just about have sewn this place up, mad yet?

[Warpy]

4. Freedom? Little black kids at the time were assigned plenty of chores

Any slave child over the age of three and a half or so had to start earning his keep.

Dumb as shit slavery apologists just haven't done even cursory research.

[Louisiana1976]

6. Teabaggers want the kids to have the mindset that blacks should be slaves and women

should be chattels of their husbands.

[Fred Sanders]

8. Sometimes I am at a total loss to understand black men who embrace tea party bigotry,

dismissing the racism with a plea for "treat everyone equally", as if pretending to be blind makes you actually blind,

Witness Sen. Tim Scott of SC, a bachelors degree in political science from a Southern baptist university that proudly teaches all decisions must be approved by God.

The opioids in religion are powerful hallucinogens..

[SummerSnow]

5. Lord deliver me from fools

[riqster]

11. Lord, deliver me from Your followers.

[SummerSnow]

12. you must be talking about false Christians

cause you can't group the false with the true ones.

[riqster]

13. Fair point. I'd say that that the true ones aren't hassling me, so I needn't offer such a prayer

...except with the Teahadist Paulines .

[grilled onions]

7. Oh Gawd Yes They Had Their Freedoms!!

Freedom from birth...parents who are they and will he get to stay with and for how long? The freedom to not know if they will eat that day(unlike his white "playmate&quot who can experience of boredom of eating at a dinner table with real plates and cups. While the ones HAS to wear shoes and other has the luxury to go barefoot while being a water boy for those in the field. He also has the "adventure" of sidestepping snakes,cotton worms and sharp stones day after day. The freedom of not knowing if a day may come when he is sold. The freedom of not knowing if he will ever be free! Boy what a deal!

[progressoid]

9. I'd like to say I'm shocked but

sadly, I probably know people that would agree with that shit.

[Fred Sanders]

10. I am shocked, we should never stop being shocked. Expose their arguments and let them defend

the indefensible in a secular nation. America is still a secular nation, right?

[freshwest]

21. Only if people vote for a secular nation. Don't see enough of that these days.

They seem to be willing to stay at home and let the churches take over.

[blkmusclmachine]

14. A primary function of Race To The Top: Get rightwing religion injected into secular schools.

Drip, drip, drip ...

[betterdemsonly]

15. Skousen? Must be a Mormon Charter School. n/t

[Fred Sanders]

18. Skousen is the author of the book the tea people are using to teach this racist hate.

[Enthusiast]

16. Kicked and recommended! That is some sick shit.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

17. Yep. It's obvious by the huge number of whites selling themselves into slavery.

And, happily romping around naked after giving up the heavy burden of wearing clothes and drinking mint-julips while the Blacks had all the fun.

[BobTheSubgenius]

19. "envied"

In much the same way I am envious of people with rapid-onset, fatal disease. No need to worry about the future when you don't have one, right?

Absolutely f'ing reprehensible. I'm not sure how this could be any worse.

[progree]

20. "their colored playmates" Good grief. n/t

[awoke_in_2003]

23. I was so shocked by what I read...

that I didn't even notice the use of "colored"

[1StrongBlackMan]

22. Posted to because I just love ...

a good train wreck. I'll look at it later.

[packman]

25. Then after a day in the fields

with all that fresh air and being with their family (maybe) they got to go to their paid for shacks that their masters had provided where they ate some of that good ol' soul food chock full of greens and such. Then late in the evening they all gathered around the community fire to sing some songs. Who could not envy such a rich life, great except for the occasional whippings .

I tell you, I don't know why the blacks ever wanted to have those shackles removed. I can just imagine little Johnny Randolph looking at envy at his former playmates enjoying their "freedom" in the fields as he trudged off to school .

Unbelievable, wonder how these authors are going to approach the American/Indian history or the Holocaust?

[CTyankee]

27. AU is a great organization. I have supported them for a long time...

[HooptieWagon]

28. Why is Arne Duncan shutting down public schools....

... and promoting charter schools that teach this crap? Why is Obama backing this? WTF?