The Left did this about 25 years ago, by telling black students that the Ancient Egyptians were black.
At the time, other educators said, "You can't say that. It isn't true".
The liars' response was, "It's OK. We're just saying it to make them feel better about themselves."
This is how the Left does business.
They’re still trying to do it with all this claptrap about how important muslimes were in the founding of this country, and how women contributed so much to the advancement of science and the arts, and how Abraham Lincoln was a homo, and Hitler was a right-wing fanatic and ...
The Left’s entire ideology is built on lies. Outright, provable, bald-faced lies.