Fund Drive Special: Whitewashing the Past
b'High school students are assigned massive textbooks overflowing with dates and events in U.S. history. But according to sociologist and educator James Loewen, these massive tomes often omit more than they include. Loewen\\u2019s classic work, Lies My Teacher Told Me, explores the whitewashing of Woodrow Wilson\\u2019s racism and imperialist ventures, and the exclusion of Helen Keller\\u2019s radical socialist views.\\nThe post Fund Drive Special: Whitewashing the Past appeared first on KPFA.'