I remember when Yale turned down that 25 million dollars to pay them to teach Western Civ history, and 25 mil was a lot back then.
This is not just Duke. Academic history has long since been subordinated to leftist ideology. In any university department, you are hard pressed to find an honest historian of any stature. Maybe a few aged ones who are protected by tenure but approaching retirement and generally no longer that active.
It’s been true for a long time —
The American Revolution won us our Independence ... but from whom? Russia? Japan? Mexico?
The big ocean off our east coast? Does it have a name? Anybody know?
WWII ... who were we fighting? The Native Americans? China? Britain?
The only things most students know today is that white people are bad and homosexuals are super cool.
bttt
They forgot one important course! lesbian Dance Theory