Not a single white conservative man in the mix! What are the odds?
One of the reasons I decided to home school my kids was to save them from the politically correct indoctrination of the monopolized government-run schools. We selected a highly-rated curriculum from the highly regarded Calvert School which I had hoped would keep the PC crud to a bare minimum. Oh, how I was wrong. Get a load of what’s included in what amounts to the curriculum’s 2nd-grade history/civics course, “Explore Your World II.”
The last few daily lessons have been on topics titled, “Good Citizens,” “Determination,” “Citizenship Traits,” “Authority Figures,” “Leadership,” and “Service.” Fine subject material, to be sure.
But each lesson provides examples of each which feature track star Jackie Joyner-Kersey (black, woman), Sen. Daniel Inouye (Asian, Democrat, liberal), Rosa Parks (black, woman), Rep. Barbara Jordon (black, woman, Democrat, liberal), Cesar Chavez (Hispanic), Helen Keller (woman, physically handicapped), President Jimmy Carter (Democrat, liberal, mentally handicapped), President John F. Kennedy (Democrat, liberal), Gen. Colin Powell (black) and Jane Adams (woman).
Notice any particular group missing from this PC version of American history/civics? Why, surprise, surprise, surprise. Not a single white conservative man in the mix! What are the odds?Seriously, folks. In teaching about citizenship, determination, leadership and service, not a single example featuring a white conservative man?
Under examples of “Good Citizens,” Inouye is featured for being a war hero who lost an arm in World War II.
Fine. But why not include, say, former Sen. Bob Dole – a war hero and who lost use of an arm in World War II? At least Dole rose to the position of Senate Majority Leader and ran for both vice president and president of the United States. Sounds like a good American citizen to me. Inouye, on the other hand, is better known these days for supporting a form of racial apartheid in his home state of Hawaii. Nice pick, Calvert.
Colin Powell, to the best of my knowledge, is the only Republican included in this PC version of history/civics, but not too many people consider him white or conservative. Yet he was singled out as a great leader “because he inspired his men and women in the army and he tried to help guide the American government during a time of war.”
Fine. Nothing against Gen. Powell – a great American to be sure. But aren’t there any white conservative men in our history who have inspired our soldiers and helped guide the American government during a time of war? Someone like, say, Gen. Douglas MacArthur who won the war in the Pacific in World War II and accepted the Japanese surrender on the deck of the USS Missouri? For some reason he just didn’t make the grade for Calvert when it came to examples of “Leadership” for 2nd-graders.
But the most stomach-churning offense was using Jimmy Carter of “Iranian Hostage Crisis” fame as an example of someone possessing the characteristics of good citizenship – those being honesty, persistence and patriotism. Remind me again how patriotic it is to criticize the United States while on foreign soil?
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