![]() ![]() Similarly, textbooks tend to skirt controversy of any kind when discussing an historical figure’s life. Almost no textbooks note that Wilson was an unqualified racist and an aggressive imperialist. For example, textbooks usually portray President Woodrow Wilson as an idealistic leader who fought for democracy and peace. ![]() One of the key problems with textbooks is their willingness to gloss over unsavory details of historical figures’ lives in order to paint a more optimistic picture. The source of the problem, he decides, is the history textbook itself: textbooks give a dull, culturally biased account of the past, often alienating readers (particularly Native American, African American, Latino, and female readers). He begins by noting a strange problem: even though Americans love history (as evidenced by the popularity of historical novels and Hollywood movies), American students hate history classes. In Lies My Teacher Told Me, James Loewen studies the biases of high school American history class. ![]()
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