Biden's Ed Department Distorts American History

ome 250 years after the Declaration of Independence declared that "all men are created equal," and almost 60 years after Martin Luther King dreamed that his children would "not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character," the federal government announced it wants to teach American children that they are not equal, and that skin color does matter.

Under the misleading name of "anti-racism," the Department of Education has proposed to direct federal funds to the teaching of racial discrimination in America's elementary and secondary school systems—to encourage students to identify and to treat others differently according to race.

The Department of Education's newly proposed rule is meant to reframe the teaching of American history around oppression and encourage students to see each other first as members of racial groups. The proposed rule instructs teachers to "take into account systemic marginalization, biases, inequities, and discriminatory policy and practice in American history." Rather than teaching good history—history that is accurate and honest, perhaps even unifying and inspiring—it proposes making history an ideological tool for a political narrative: your country is hopelessly racist.

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