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American History began with the Civil Rights Movement. Before that, it was nothing but a group of racist men ruling through white "supremacy".

The new founding fathers are MLK Jr. and Malcomb X because they "founded" a nation of eqaulity. Just ask President Clinton. He speaks on this topic all the time.

"The new founding fathers are MLK Jr. and Malcolm X because they "founded" a nation of eqaulity. Just ask President Clinton. He speaks on this topic all the time."

Welcome to FR.com, Newbie...FYI, it is customary to follow statements like you mentioned above with "/sarcasm" unless you are serious so as to avoid the flames from folks who might mistakenly think you believe such Leftist bilge.

FReegards, I think...MUD

Some of this change in the teaching of history can possibly be attributed to the change in the American demographic pattern. If we take 1960 as the target year the population of American was 90% white and 10% black. Hispanics and Asains were not numerous, and they they tended to live on the West Coast. Today America is about 70% white and 30% non-white. As time goes on, the white percentage will be smaller, the non-white percentage higher. Generally, non-white groups are not going to be happy with an emphasis on pre-1965 history, as the heroes were generally whites and only whites played a central role in it. Non-whites generally fell alienenated from pre-1965 America because either they lost land in a war (hispanics) were slaves or were discriminated against (blacks) or played a very small role in America (Asians). Therefore, the achievements of whites in pre-1965 America slowly gets diluted in relation to the non-white population. The emphasis on the Civil Rights movement is to show non-whites actively involved in the shaping of America, where previously they had played only a marginal role. Non-whites generally like post-1965 America and its history better than pre-1965 America and its history. You can expect to see more marginalization of whites in the future in relation to the demographic situation of America. Much of this situation is a numbers affair, and as the demographic numbers change the cirriculum changes. Remember when America had George Washington's Day as a holiday? I can. Now the only Federal Holiday is for Martin Luther King. Non-whites like the King holiday, but they're not too happy with George Washington's Birthday. As America demographics change, America's history changers and much in the past gets re-written or fails into the "memory hole". The knowledge is there, yet few will seek it.