These new changes include (among many other things):
The reduction of the importance of the American civil rights movement.
The reduction of the role of Thomas Jefferson -since he is the one who coined the term "seperation of church and state." (which is a confirmation of the meaning of the 1st Amendment of the Constitution.)
They instead emphasized the role of the European Judeo-Christian John Calvin, a 16th century relic of the Dark Ages who had never even been to America.
They of course also down-played the influence of the Enlightenment and the Age of Reason on our Founding Fathers.
So my question is this: if you are against enlightenment, reason, science, scholarly experts, truth, wouldn't that mean that you are pro ignorance?
Or is it just pro stupid?
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Another hugely overlooked period in the history of the Southern United States, in all textbooks, is that of virtual slavery AFTER so called Emancipation. African American men were convicted of petty crimes, sent to a local and completely corrupt Justice of the Peace, charged a fine for their "crimes," and, not being able to pay, sent to work it off in coal mines, factories, plantations, etc. Many of them were worked literally to death. Many were brutally whipped and beaten on a regular basis. In many ways this "neo-slavery" was worse than antebellum slavery, because these men were "leased" so cheaply that they were very expendable. You can read about it in Slavery by Another Name. It's a shattering, shocking, and very important book.
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