Do you agree with politically correct history?

Question

In my years of grade school and college, I noticed that the American educational system is very politically controled. For instance:

- Black history emphasizes on whites opression blacks, but hardly mention the many whites that fought and died for blacks.

- Woman's history emphasizes men who oppressed women. Yet, it hardly mentions the men who greatly helped women in their strugles. Think about it, if women couldn't vote, who gave them the right to? If women could work, who gave them their first jobs?

- Science teaches The Theory of Evolution, (which has never been proven, thus "theory") but will not teach the theory of Creationalism. At least, not with the same time and detail. It could be taught from a vaig, neutral point. Many believe in Creationalism, including Muslims, Christians, Catholics, and many others.

Has anyone else noticed this? Aren't these all discriminative?
I'm of Puerto Rican decent, and I've noticed this bias in our systems.

Thank you.

Wrong, Evolution has not been proven. Evolution is still only considered a "theory". This isn't my opinion, this is true in the scientific world.

Also, Evolution is based on Circular Reasoning. No one know for certain how accurate scientists aging systems are. They are based on certain, limited tests. Therefore, any "evidence" based on "assumptions" are not evidence at all.

Answer 1

Politically correct history is what's wrong with our world. If only factual events were told (with no political spin) people could make up their minds for themselves who was right and who was wrong, instead of being TOLD what to believe.

Answer 2

"Politically Correct" is a buzzword of the political right, who are nostalgic for the days when they could sneer at minorities openly, or pester a pretty woman all day long while she is trying to work, with unwelcome come-ons.

History speaks of topics of universal significance, and while it MAY devolve the story into personal anecdotes for ease-of-understanding, the facts remain:

Civil Rights for blacks did NOT come about through the efforts of whites.
Women's rights did not come from generous men. My grandmother was a suffragette and SHE and other women FORCED their voting rights on the men in office.

Science deals with testable knowledge in the physical world. Creationism has no physical existence and has no business in a science class.

You also misuse the word THEORY. In a science use, it means statement which explains and which can be proved or disproved by a preponderance of evidence - which evolution has been, by fossil, genome, and biological evidence.

Answer 3

Yeah, it's common for the people in power to promote their viewpoint simply because they aren't aware that other ones exist or at least see the other viewpoints as unimportant.

Part of the problem with women and black issues is that for a long time these groups were openly victimized by society, and part of the current focus is a political backlash to that. As time passes, generations die off, and emotions ebb, people are more able to look objectively at the issues.

We already have seen a drift of women back into the role of mother and homemaker (in conjunction with a career or full-time), despite how large feminism loomed in the 70's. It simply took some time for the bad feelings to ebb, for women to feel they had choices, and now they feel free to choose anything. As long as valid records remain, the more time that passes, the more objective history can become.

Don't worry, in a few decades white guys might get a "fair shake" again. :)

As far as creationism goes, I believe it's acceptable to teach general creationism in school, not as part of science but as part of an impersonal "Religious Studies" curriculum that would survey religions in general, similar to (or as part of) Social Studies.

It's an important concept that people should at least understand, since so many people from all faiths buy into it. I suppose it's a matter of how it should be implemented, and there's a lot of conflict now between conservative religion and secularism -- which makes it hard for either side to permit anything to happen.

Answer 4

i have never considered any of those many "politically properly proper" texts you're talkinga about. It wasn't until eventually recent heritage that there replaced into even an attempt to contain females's heritage, African American heritage, a sensible image of the atrocities we carrried out adverse to the interior reach peoples. As for all the "large white adult men, " who allowed females, blacks, or all people else "rights," it type of feels to me that this stuff in reality got here about after large conflict. Creationism is in accordance to faith, evolution is technology.

Answer 5

If you study your history and compare it to the history making stories you see on your everyday news networks, you might notice that they both are vaguely familiar in content. there is a word for it and it's called propaganda.