The Race and History Wars
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/26/opinion/critical-race-theory-schools-history.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/26/opinion/critical-race-theory-schools-history.html
History As End: 1619, 1776, and the politics of the
past
https://harpers.org/archive/2021/07/history-as-end-politics-of-the-past-matthew-karp/
Matthew Karp, an associate professor of history at Princeton University, notes:
“The past may live inside the present, but it does not govern our growth. However sordid or sublime, our origins are not our destinies; our daily journey into the future is not fixed by moral arcs or genetic instructions. We must come to see history, as Brown put it, not as “what we dwell in, are propelled by, or are determined by,” but rather as “what we fight over, fight for, and aspire to honor in our practices of justice.” History is not the end; it is only one more battleground where we must meet the vast demands of the ever-living now”.
https://harpers.org/archive/2021/07/history-as-end-politics-of-the-past-matthew-karp/
Matthew Karp, an associate professor of history at Princeton University, notes:
“The past may live inside the present, but it does not govern our growth. However sordid or sublime, our origins are not our destinies; our daily journey into the future is not fixed by moral arcs or genetic instructions. We must come to see history, as Brown put it, not as “what we dwell in, are propelled by, or are determined by,” but rather as “what we fight over, fight for, and aspire to honor in our practices of justice.” History is not the end; it is only one more battleground where we must meet the vast demands of the ever-living now”.
The Fog of History Wars
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-fog-of-history-wars
A new battle is being waged over how we teach our country’s past. But old feuds remind us that history is continually revised, driven by new evidence and present-day imperatives.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-fog-of-history-wars
A new battle is being waged over how we teach our country’s past. But old feuds remind us that history is continually revised, driven by new evidence and present-day imperatives.
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