Oklahoma Lawmakers Vote To Ban Advanced Placement U.S. History

[Unnie-Oppa-Senpai-Chan]

2015/02/17 Oklahoma Rep. Dan Fisher ® has introduced “emergency†legislation “prohibiting the expenditure of funds on the Advanced Placement United States History course.â€

 

Fisher said the Advanced Placement history class fails to teach “American exceptionalism.†The bill passed the Oklahoma House Education committee on Monday on a vote of 11-4. You can read the actual course description for the course here. Fisher is part of a group called the “Black Robe Regiment†which argues “the church and God himself has been under assault, marginalized, and diminished by the progressives and secularists.†The group attacks the “false wall of separation of church and state.†The Black Robe Regiment claims that a “growing tide of special interest groups indoctrinating our youth at the exclusion of the Christian perspective.â€

 

Efforts by conservative school board members in Colorado to make the Advanced Placement U.S. History course “more patriotic,†prompted a walk-out by students. Under the changes proposed in Colorado “students would only be taught lessons depicting American heritage in a positive light, and effectively ban any material that could lead to dissent.†In South Carolina conservatives asked the College Board to exclude any material with an “ideological bias,†including evolution. Similar efforts are underway in Georgia and North Carolina.

 

http://thinkprogress.org/education/2015/02/17/3623683/oklahoma-lawmakers-vote-overwhleming-ban-advanced-placement-history-class/

[aoleu]

Fascist much?

[amix]

this is sooooooooo old

[Vais]

What kind of 1984 Ministry of Truth realness...This is fucking disgusting. 

[Callum]

 

Under the changes proposed in Colorado “students would only be taught lessons depicting American heritage in a positive light, and effectively ban any material that could lead to dissent.â€

The word they're looking for here is "propaganda".

[Dandelion Wine]

 

... Under the changes proposed in Colorado “students would only be taught lessons depicting American heritage in a positive light, and effectively ban any material that could lead to dissent.†...

 

WHAAAAAAAAAT

WHAT THE FUCK KIND OF BULLSHIT PROPAGANDA IS THAT

 

I... Should I be shocked by this even?

 

 

What kind of 1984 Ministry of Truth realness...This is fucking disgusting. 

 

Wow you hit the nail on the head with that one. The GOP is always going on about how government surveillance is introducing "Big Brother," but then a state turns around and does THIS kind of shit??? Talk about the kettle calling the fucking pot black I am disgusted

[Lully]

What the actual fuck

[namtunod]

Black Robe Regiment sounds like the new KKK

[cowgirlbebop]

Is Oklahoma even a state we need? 

 

These lunatics never realize that the only people they hurt are themselves. They will just reap a crop of ignorant students lacking critical thinking skills who will not be competitive in the national or international markets.

[n1degree]

I think Georgia was considering it. I don't know what happened yet though.

 

Is there a petition against this?

[North and South]

Why are these idiots voted in O.O

 

Welp. Now I know never ever to go anywhere near Oklahoma.

 

"American exceptionalism" aka propgonada....

[LeeTaeyong]

My teacher tried to depict Sally Hemings' and Thomas Jefferson's relationships as a consensual relationship when it was actually rape so I don't know what they're talking about.

[Midnight~Circus]

This country is incessantly being led down the fascism hole towards the bottom which lies unrelenting dictatorship. *sigh*

 

good old 'murica.

[Lilly]

Sounds like they want to brainwash kids.

[bitch]

Secede pls

[Jessicaberry]

Ew

[Silktiger]

what the literal fuck?

we're not allowed to be taught a less biased view of history? You don't have to be religious or in denial of the mistakes America has made to be patriotic.

ps. I take AP US History and it is enlightening. It's important to learn from mistakes in the past, not to ignore them.

 

And the reason why the church is 'being marginalized' is because a lot of people feel that some of the views it has is against progress. This idiocy certainly isn't helping.

[SAYAKA]

Oklahoma stays losing

[3amthoughts]

I'm glad I finished taking it. I'm from Texas where imperialism is not allowed to be taught. What is with this country

[Unafraid]

This isn't a surprise, most textbooks do this in a way as well. A lot of information regarding the US and mistakes they've done are left out. Basically what the the textbook do is glorify the US and its heroes.

[Unnie-chan]

Do we really need Oklahoma as part of this country?

[Bitchfit]

Apush should be mandatory not abolished.

[♥SNS-Shinomiya♥]

So? There are cleps, online resources, and you can buy AP history books online, don't let something stupid stop you from (if your in an AP) a required college course for most of us.

[VANTE]

so are they just gonna like ignore slavery or what

 

cause that was a big fucking mistake made by america

[Manic]

you know.. I actually needed additional readings in my apush course to balance out the bias that the textbook already had lol