State museum canceled book event examining slavery's role in Battle of the Alamo after Texas GOP lea

[turbinetree]

Source: Texas Tribune

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick confirmed on Twitter that he called for the event to be canceled. Abbott, Patrick and other GOP leaders are board members of the State Preservation Board, which oversees the Bullock museum.

BY ABBY LIVINGSTON AND ISABELLA ZOU JULY 2, 2021 2 HOURS AGO

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A promotional event for a book examining the role slavery played leading up to the Battle of the Alamo that was scheduled at the Bullock Texas State History Museum on Thursday evening was abruptly canceled three and a half hours before it was scheduled to begin.

Authors of the book, titled “Forget the Alamo,” and the publisher, Penguin Random House, say the cancellation of the event, which had 300 RSVPs, amounts to censorship from Republican elected leaders and an overreaction to the book’s examination of racism in Texas history.

“The Bullock was receiving increased pressure on social media about hosting the event, as well as to the museum’s board of directors (Gov Abbott being one of them) and decided to pull out as a co-host all together,” Penguin Random House said in a statement.

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2021/07/01/texas-forget-the-alamo-book-event-canceled/

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[Tom Yossarian Joad]

1. They're not even trying to hide their racism anymore.

[turbinetree]

2. What's really amazing that every time something like this happens fascisms creeps closer and closer

this is what happened in the 1930's in Germany the same thing...

[paleotn]

3. Little acknowledged fact.....

Texas fought TWICE to preserve slavery.

[keithbvadu2]

4. Republican Lt. Gov. suggests elderly should be sacrificed to save the economy

Republican Lt. Gov. suggests elderly should be sacrificed to save the economy

[Skittles]

5. this is the REAL "cancel culture"

by people who CANNOT HANDLE THE TRUTH

[area51]

10. +1 n/t

[pfitz59]

6. Anything to protect "The Alamo" mythology

Remember anything but the truth

[AZLD4Candidate]

7. But the entire Texas War was based on slavery and Mexico's move to stop illegal Amer. immigration

Last edited Sat Jul 3, 2021, 01:07 PM - Edit history (1)

In order to move and live in Mexico, Santa Anna required Americans to do three things:

1: Learn Spanish
2: Become Mexican citizens
3: Become Catholic

Why?

1: Spanish is/was the national language and nothing was in English
3: Being Catholic was the state religion.

I leave #2 for last:

2: Becoming Mexican citizens meant you must follow all Mexican laws. Mexico outlawed slavery in the 1820s. Most of the people going to Texas were from the South. One of the famous, Davy Crockett, was from Tennessee. So, if they became Mexican citizens, they had to give up their slaves. And the Americans that moved there refused to do that.

Also, a lot of the American moving there were illegal immigrants, so Santa Anna closed the border. Americans ignored it, still came, violated Mexican law, continued owning slaves, which meant that Santa Anna had to send in the army to enforce the law. . .and the Americans launched a rebellion against him.

This is the verified history of the Texas War.

[Deuce]

9. Thanks for the info...

[Bayard]

11. Wow

Another tidbit they don't teach in history books.

Thanks!

[AZLD4Candidate]

13. history text books are what I all pap and I never use them in class ever.

They are a supplement, not a backbone in my social studies class.

[róisín_dubh]

17. There was nominal enforcement of some of these requirements.

And Santa Anna was not a great person and honestly a poor leader. He was deeply, deeply flawed and has an ambivalent reputation in Mexico.
Your point about Texas fighting to preserve slavery stands. But the Texas colonisation project was established by the Mexican government knowing full well that enforcement of requirements was going to be tricky at best. It was understood that enslaved people were part of the deal, but putting a buffer population in Texas was viewed to be one potential way of gaining some sort of control over this region. It failed spectacularly and is one of the nails in the coffin of Mexico's political apparatus during this time.

[Paladin]

8. Dan Patrick strikes again.

He's a genuine piece of shit.

[Dustlawyer]

12. Texas Republicans are crapping their pants over the state turning blue.

They are pulling out all stops to retain power. Texas will be the front line on election tampering next election. Our leaders are going as far right as possible to keep their base fired up and keep Dems from voting.

[oasis]

14. They can't handle the truth!!!

[LudwigPastorius]

15. "Neks thang yew know, they're a gonna say John Wayne didn't fight and die there!"

Hurrrrrrduuurrrrr!

Shouldn't those criminal ass clowns be working on keeping their residents from fucking freezing to death when the next cold snap hits?

[cagefreesoylentgreen]

16. I just bought the book

I bought the book after hearing about this censorship attempt. F*ck Texas.