Glaring Examples Of How U.S. History Classes Are Whitewashed

A bronze sticker signifying your textbook was a Tucker Carlson pick is a dead giveaway that you didn’t get the whole picture of American history.

Declaring that the Southern general dead-lifted a whopping 1,161 pounds is one of the many ways some school districts romanticize the Confederacy.

And that was that.

Most textbooks in American schools don’t even mention our first Black president. Oh, this was published in 2001? Well, all right then, but that seems like its own problem.

While not as high profile as Method Man or Ghostface Killa, Deck contributed a lyrical dexterity that is a crucial part of Wu-Tang’s biggest hits and their overall ethos.

Taxation without representation…yeah, sure.

If schools really expect to teach an open and honest history of race in America, it’s unrealistic to assume every student has an HBO subscription.

Although the Disney movie makes it seem as if they were a dream couple, in reality, Pocahontas only saw John Smith as a friend, and it would’ve been totally weird if they’d hooked up.

​Revisionist curricula sugarcoat slavery by suggesting bondage counted toward a bachelor’s degree.

The historical consensus is that only John Jay, the first chief justice, had bars.

How bad could they be if the president and first lady spent several weeks each year getting some much-needed R&R in the barracks?

While this modified lesson plan sneakily leaves out slavery, it also leaves out anything American.

Despite conservatives’ hatred of paywalls, they’ll make an exception when it comes to charging $9 a month for history class.

Why is it always a white second shooter or a white CIA agent?

In addition to planting apple trees throughout new territories, Appleseed also brutally decapitated more than 50 Freemasons during his travels.

Most history books focus on the signing of the Declaration of Independence but neglect to mention the dog fights that were the main point of its convening.

The dark purpose of Orville and Wilbur Wright’s historic flight at Kitty Hawk is conveniently omitted.

Sure, 50 sounds like a nice, round number, but have you ever actually counted the states on a map? Go try it right now and see how they’ve lied to you.