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Saturday, March 17th, 2018

This is what the Koch Brothers want children to learn about slavery

Author:     ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT
Source:     Raw Story
Publication Date:     12 MAR 2018 AT 15:57 ET
 Link: This is what the Koch Brothers want children to learn about slavery
Stephan:   There is something medieval about the Koch brothers. They so blatantly think of most Americans as peasants who can be manipulated, and they believe they have the money to shape the United States in the mold they want. They already know that most members of congress can be bought like hiring hookers. And they know the key to shaping the culture is starting young and controlling education.

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Given that the billionaire Charles Koch has poured millions of dollars into eliminating the minimum wage and paid sick leave for workers, and that in 2015 he had the gall to compare his ultra-conservative mission to the anti-slavery movement, he’s probably the last person you’d want educating young people about slavery.

Yet the history-teaching wing of the Koch brothers empire is seeking to promote an alternate narrative to slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. The political goal of these materials is to ensure students see racism and slavery as flaws in an otherwise spotless U.S. record, rather than woven into the fabric of our country from its inception.

The Bill of Rights Institute (BRI) is the education arm of the network of front groups the Koch brothers use to promote their far-right ideology. Maureen Costello, the education director from Teaching Tolerance, has pointed out the many factual inaccuracies in the “Homework Help” video the BRI has recently promoted to teach students about slavery. She concludes that the history presented is “superficial, drained of humanity, and neglects to reckon with […]

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