PBS Pushes Misinformation GOP Is Trying to Erase History of Slavery

ISAACSON Here s another ░░░░░░░░ from your book Nearly ░░░░░░░░ century after Appomattox Virginia ░░░░░░░░ still breathing the air ░░░░░░░░ war and defeat And ░░░░░░░░ really ties into when ░░░░░░░░ were growing up when ░░░░░░░░ was growing up we ░░░░░░░░ Lee Circle You had ░░░░░░░░ of Robert E Lee ░░░░░░░░ was all Robert E ░░░░░░░░ and that lost cause ░░░░░░░░ do you say now ░░░░░░░░ people are trying to ░░░░░░░░ the way we teach ░░░░░░░░ back to almost this ░░░░░░░░ of the lost cause ░░░░░░░░ re seeing all sorts ░░░░░░░░ history curricula being attacked ░░░░░░░░ It s terrible Walter ░░░░░░░░ s terrible because we ░░░░░░░░ spent half a century ░░░░░░░░ to get to a ░░░░░░░░ truer notion of our ░░░░░░░░ And my career as ░░░░░░░░ historian has paralleled those ░░░░░░░░ of exploring African American ░░░░░░░░ finding the sources that ░░░░░░░░ show us a more ░░░░░░░░ view of what that ░░░░░░░░ was like understanding what ░░░░░░░░ was like as a ░░░░░░░░ for example That s ░░░░░░░░ of it too And ░░░░░░░░ just erase all that ░░░░░░░░ say It never happened ░░░░░░░░ didn t exist and ░░░░░░░░ re going to go ░░░░░░░░ into this rosy view ░░░░░░░░ leaves us ill equipped ░░░░░░░░ understand the present We ░░░░░░░░ to confront that history ░░░░░░░░ see who we are ░░░░░░░░ because who we are ░░░░░░░░ is about where we ░░░░░░░░ from And if we ░░░░░░░░ where we ve come ░░░░░░░░ we mislead ourselves and ░░░░░░░░ end up undertaking actions ░░░░░░░░ policies that are destructive ░░░░░░░░ than constructive in getting ░░░░░░░░ United States to a ░░░░░░░░ perfect union and a ░░░░░░░░ place.”