More Reagan, No Hip-Hop in TX Textbooks

[FarLeftFist]

source: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-alamo_13tex.ART.State.Edition2.4b8029e.html


The Texas State Board of Education has voted on some controversial new standards for its public school history textbooks. The state’s standards are important because Texas is such a large market that most textbook publishers tailor their books to suit its demands, meaning states end up with those standards by default. The education board, made up of 10 Republicans and five Democrats, voted to exclude hip-hop from coverage of American music, because of explicit lyrics, though rock and the Beat Generation—known for sex and drugs—are included. The board also voted down a motion to include the eight Hispanics who died at the Alamo alongside James Bowie and Davy Crockett. More pages will be spent on President Ronald Reagan, but no coverage on the late Sen. Ted Kennedy or the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.


Also they are changing the words 'democratic' to 'constitutional republic'.

Ignorance is bliss.......And a dangerous brainwashing tool.

[bbinacan]

1. Well, we are a constitutional republic. n/t

[Pharlo]

2. If this keeps up, publishers are going to have to start

publishing two versions of each textbook: The Texas Version and Actual History.

[bbinacan]

5. Will you please provide specifics

I hate blanket statements. Thanks.

[Pharlo]

8. Well,

not all purchasers of textbooks live in Texas. If other states opt not to purchase 'revised history' books, and publishers continue to manufacture to the 'Texas standard', it will follow that publishers will need to publish two versions of text books - The Texas version of history and Actual History.

However, until the D.O.E.'s in the other 49 actually begin fighting back, the publishers will continue to kowtow to the Texas D.O.E.

Specific enough?

[Thothmes]

3. my copy of the Constitituion does not once list

the word Democracy. The Constitution does guarantee each state a Republican form of Government.

[RagAss]

4. Fuck Texas

[Initech]

6. Raygun = worst president ever!!!!!!!!!

I'm tired of these fuckers trying to justify this piece of shit. Reagan is responsible for a lot of the shit wer're seeing now. And it sucks.

[Ardent15]

7. Brainwashing starts at a young age

nt