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The Texas Board of Education has made a series of history revising moves to its curriculum, altering how the Civil Rights Movement is taught among a host of other things. These new changes include some very overt attempts to give white men credit for championing civil rights while ignoring the minorities who fought and died for those rights. These changes will be in place for the next decade.

Why you should care? Even if you and your kids live nowhere near the Lone Star State, Texas, as one of the biggest states in the union, has a huge amount of influence when it comes to shaping history books nationwide. Textbook manufacturers essentially shape their books around the needs and recommendations of their largest clients. In this case, there is no client larger than the state of Texas — other than California. New York is the third largest state in the union and therefore also has significant sway when it comes to influencing textbooks.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/smittytva/ smittytva

    i keep trying to school all these i got white friends blacks, white folks is never gonna stop they,re hate because, thats just the way they are, whites don,t have to be taught to be racist thats the natural ways of them, they couldn,t change if they wanted to, after all, damn what the christians say ,i know who the real devil is and he ain,t no damn spirit,you see the devils work everyday racism,brutilty,lies theivery,notice of all the different races on earth the white race is the only one that spread all the hate you can,t live with a devil, when ever a black person speak out against them they always call him a racist, white are to evil to see what they do everyday is wrong, to them they are the nice race,and everybody else specially black people all evil.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SheFly69/ SheFly69

    Then it’s up to the parents and grandparents to tell their children about slavery. The WM is alwlays going to do whatever to keep us from knowing how they really are.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/_A_/ _A_

    I hear you SheFly69, but the problem is, those who know, can’t always teach. For instance, my father has exceptional knowledge concerning construction methods but can’t teach worth a dam. Just can’t explain the simplest things to a person who has little or no knowledge of construction. Always assumes, that things he knows like the back of his hand, is common knowledge, no matter how complex or intricate the details really are. Having said that though, I think it’s important for parents and grandparents to identify if they are in the same boat, and at least send the babies somewhere, where there are people who are equipped to teach. There is no two ways about it, WE HAVE TO EDUCATE OUR OWN. It’s silly for anyone to rely on someone else to tell their story!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/doing_me74/ doing_me74

    Then that’ll alter the way people think that’s mind control right their all the way.Go’s to show you the game starts young with kids an brainwash them young to keep them blind.And we think outside influence don’t have a say so because we believe everything is an individual choice ya right.Reprogramming to think an act a certain way that aint no choice that’s control indirectly.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/odoggz/ odoggz

    it’s not just black history, it’s any type of liberal contribution to history. President Jefferson will NOT be in their books either. Texas buys the most books so much is catered to their liking, and everyone else gets what they set as the tone. So this is a conservative propaganda agenda being pushed here.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SoularFlarez/ SoularFlarez

    our history BEEN whitewashed where yall been !?

    our history is GLOBAL !!!
    and why would the colonizers properly educate the colonized?

    did anyone see that movie “BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE” ?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/taurus216/ taurus216

    koolbeans

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/taurus216/ taurus216

    Maybe more blacks women especially will stop blaming whites for their problems and finding jobs sounds like a blessin in disguise to me

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Jack_Stephen1/ Jack_Stephen1

    as i’ve said before, much of attending school is a formality and the real learning occurs away from the school. many of the immigrants and foreign exchange students are a few yrs ahead of their peers.

    those who will be impacted most have parents that are probably drop outs or don’t know to provide their children with supplemental and/or replacement educational material. books about Blks and Afrcn history/contributions are cheap and the library is free.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blknall/ blknall

    LOL…it’s funny how ppl say things like “it’s 2010, and we have a black president” like we can trust white ppl now…LOL…white ppl are actually takin us back to the civil rights movement and then back too “u know what”.

    Know that ur enemy will never be ur friend if he can oppress u.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/LuckyDaLady/ LuckyDaLady

    ONCE AGAIN
    AFRO-AMERICAN PEOPLE
    WHITEY HATES US BUT THEY GOT SMARTER WITH IT THATS ALL..
    THEY ARE MORE SKILLED AT TRYING TO KILL OFF ALL OUR KINGS AND QUEENS AND OUR LITTLE PRINCES AND PRINCESSES….DON’T LET THEM TAKE OUR BABIES…
    DON’T LOSE OUR BABIES TO LIL WAYNE AND 50 CENT THE TWO BIGGEST INDUSTRY H0ES…THEY DON’T REALLY GIVE A F*CK ABOUT US, NEVER DID NEVER WILL…ALL WE GOTTA DO IS STOP GIVING A F*CK WHAT THEY SAY…STOP STRESSING OVER A WORD THAT HAS HAUNTED US FOR OVER 2OO YEARS…STOP LETTING ALL THESE RACIST COMMENTS GET TO OUR HEADS…LIKE SOMEONE SAID BEFORE ME THEY ARE NOTHING BUT DEVILS WITH NOTHING BUT BAD WAYS TO KILL ALL GOD’S ANGELS….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/tygatony9/ tygatony9

    HERE IS WHAT’S SO FUNNY ABOUT ALL OF THIS, THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT SENT LARGE GROUPS OF (PURITANS) WHICH MEANT CRAZY CRACKER PRIEST AND CONVICTED CRIMINALS FROM EUROPE TO THE AMERICAS ALONG WITH THEIR ENGLISH LANGUAGE. AS SOON AS THEY GOT HERE THAT’S WHEN ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE, THEY MURDERED MOST OF THE INDIANS AND THE ONES THAT SURVIVED WERE FORCED TO LEAVE OR HELP KILL THEIR OWN PEOPLE AND FOR FOOD WHITEY ATE THE DEAD INDIAN ON LAND AS WELL AS UNDERGROUND AND SOMETIMES FAMILEY MEMBERS. WHITEY WOULD LATER GET THEIR INDEPENDENCE FROM THE BRITISH WITH HELP FROM OTHERS AND THEN THEY BEGAN SLAVERY, BUT IN THE MIDST OF ALL THAT HATE, PREJUDICE AND BARBARIC BEHAVIOR TOWARDS AFRICAN AMERICANS THEY NEEDED A BLACK MAN BY THE NAME OF (BENJAMIN BANNEKER) WHO INVENTED THE CLOCK TO DESIGN THE NATIONS CAPITAL (WASHINGTON D.C) AND THE PEOPLES HOUSE / WHITE HOUSE. NOW I’VE HEARD AND WRITTEN ABOUT A LOT OF UNBELIEVABLE THINGS BUT THIS JUST HAS TO TAKE THE CAKE, TALK ABOUT THE IRONY OF IRONIES.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/tygatony9/ tygatony9

    (EUCLID OF ALEXANDRIA) WAS AN AFRICAN BLACK MAN WHO IS REGARDED AS THE “FATHER OF GEOMETRY” AND HIS WRITINGS ARE ONLY SECOND TO THE ARYAN WHITE BIBLE IN BOOK CIRCULATION. (SEPTIMIUS-SEVERUS) WAS AN AFRICAN BLACK EMPEROR OF ROME (200 A.D) AND JUDGING FROM THE BUS OF HIM AND HIS CHILDREN, THEY ALL HAD CURLY NOT STRAIGHT HAIR WITH WIDE NOSES AND SOME OTHER BLACK FEATURES AS WELL. TAKE A LOOK AT THE EARLY EMPERORS AND POPES OF EUROPE, ONE WILL SEE THEIR AFRICAN BLACK FEATURES EVEN (KING-JAMES) ORIGINAL PORTRAIT SHOWS THESE FEATURES.
    CRACKERS: (CHARLES-BABBAGE) IDEA OF THE COMPUTER WAS INCOMPLETE BECAUSE HE WAS TOO F**KING STUPID TO ACTUALLY FINISH IT (FAIL). (ALAN-TURING) WAS A GAY-FAGET THAT HAD TO GET HIS NUTS NEUTERED FOR DOING HOMO S**T AND DIDN’T INVENT ANYTHING (FAIL-AGAIN).
    BLACKS: COULD YOU IMAGINE WHAT A COMPUTER WOULD BE LIKE WITHOUT A HIGH SPEED INTERNET MODEM, PRINTER, MOUSE, AND KEYBOARD ETC. WELL A MAN BY THE NAME OF MARK DEAN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR INVENTING BUS CONTROL THAT ALLOWS ALL OF THESE DEVISES TO BE CONNECTED. HE INVENTED 3 OUT OF THE 9 (PC) PATENTS AT (IBM) AND HAS 20 OVERALL COMPUTER PATENTS. MARK DEAN IS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF (IBM) AND OWNS MORE THEN 30% OF THE COMPANY, WITHOUT HIM GUYS LIKE (TIM-BERNERS LEE, GOOGLE, STEVE-JOBS & BILL-GATES) WOULDN’T EXIST.
    THE PREMISE OF CHEMISTRY ORIGINATED IN AFRICA AND IS AN EXTENSION OF KEMETIC SCIENCE WHICH MEANS BLACK MANS SCIENCE.
    PART 2
    (PHILIP-EMEAGWALI) INVENTED THE WORLDS FASTEST SUPER-COMPUTER CALCULATING SOFTWARE, WHICH IS PRIMARILY USED FOR OIL DRILLING AND WEATHER FORECASTING. (OTIS-BOYKINS) INVENTED THE ELECTRICAL RESISTER AND A UNIQUE DEVISE THAT IS ESSENTIAL TO ALL (IBM) COMPUTERS AND GUIDED MISSILES AROUND THE WORLD. (LEWIS-LATIMER) INVENTED THE METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CARBON FILAMENTS IN THE LIGHT BULB (THE WHITE-POWDER SUBSTANCE) (NOT THOMAS-EDISON) (FAIL). (LEWIS-LATIMER) INVENTED THE TELEPHONE (NOT THOMAS-EDISON) (FAIL-AGAIN). (HENRY T. SAMPSON) INVENTED THE METHOD TO TALK ON THE TELEPHONE OUTSIDE OF THE HOME. (JAMES E.WEST) INVENTED THE MICROPHONE AND ALSO HOLDS 47 OVERALL PATENTS. (Dr. PATRICA-BATH) INVENTED THE LASER CATARACTS REMOVER. (JAMES S. ADAMS) INVENTED THE AIRPLANE PROPELLER. (BENJAMIN BANNEKER) INVENTED THE CLOCK AND WAS THE DESIGNER OF OUR NATIONS CAPITAL (WASHINGTON D.C) INCLUDING THE PEOPLES HOUSE / WHITE HOUSE. (FREDERICK-JONES) INVENTED THE “18 WHEELER REFRIGERATOR UNIT. (EDMOND-BERGER) INVENTED THE SPARK PLUG. (GEORGE-ALCORN) INVENTED AN IMAGING X-RAY SPECTROMETER. (VALERIE-THOMAS) INVENTED THE ILLUSION TRANSMITTER WHICH GIVES IPODS AND OTHER GADGETS THE ABILITY TO PROJECT THE IMAGES ON THE SCREEN AND IS THE NEXT GENERATION OF THE TELEVISION THAT’S COMING TO A HOME NEAR YOU SOON, THAT’S JUST TO NAME A FEW. WE DIDN’T INVENT A LOT OF THINGS, WE JUST INVENTED THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE USE. BLACKS NEVER NEEDED WHITES FOR ANYTHING *REMEMBER THAT* (THEY NEEDED US AND STILL DO).
    P.S (LEAF-ERICKSON) WAS THE FIRST EUROPEAN TO ACTUALLY (VISIT) THE AMERICAS (NOT CHRISTOPHER-COLUMBUS) (FAIL), BUT OF COURSE YOU DON’T GET CREDIT FOR DISCOVERING A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE ACTUALLY LIVE ALREADY (FAIL-AGAIN).

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/tygatony9/ tygatony9

    YOU SEE YOUR ONLY CLAIM TO FAME IS MURDER, LYING, CHEATING, STEALING AND BENEFITING FROM THINGS THAT YOUR PEOPLE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH WHICH HAS BEEN BASED AROUND THE PREMISE OF WHITE PRIVILEGE. CRACKERS PORTRAY THEMSELVES TO HAVE SUPER INTELLIGENCE AND HEROES OF THE WORLD *(LMFAO), BUT WHEN THE CURTAIN IS PULLED BACK AND THE TRUTH IS REVEALED THEY’RE IN THE BACK OF THE PACK WHEN IT COMES TO RESPECT AND INNOVATION THAT DOESN’T INCLUDE INGENIOUS WAYS OF KILLING SOMEBODY. THE CRACKERS INGENUITY HAS BEEN SURPASSED BY THEIR TREACHERY AND BARBARIC NATURE THROUGHOUT HISTORY. REMEMBER YOU INVENTED RACISM. THEY NEEDED A BLACK MAN BY THE NAME OF (BENJAMIN BANNEKER) DURING SLAVERY WHO INVENTED THE CLOCK TO DESIGN THE NATIONS CAPITAL (WASHINGTON D.C) AND THE PEOPLES HOUSE / WHITE HOUSE BECAUSE YOUR PEOPLE WERE TO F**KING STUPID TO MAKE THEIR OWN CASTLES. NOW I’VE HEARD AND WRITTEN ABOUT A LOT OF UNBELIEVABLE THINGS BUT THIS JUST HAS TO TAKE THE CAKE, TALK ABOUT THE IRONY OF IRONIES LOL. THE MAJORITY OF CRACKERS ARE LIKE THE AVATAR, THEIR BOTH BARBARIC RACIST THUGS ESPECIALLY THE MALES. THEY CAN’T HELP IT BECAUSE THEIR TERRORIST BY NATURE, IT’S IN THEIR DNA SO DON’T BE SURPRISED BY THEIR RACISM BECAUSE THEY INVENTED IT.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/tygatony9/ tygatony9

    BLACKS NEVER NEEDED WHITES FOR ANYTHING *REMEMBER THAT* (THEY NEEDED US AND STILL). BUNCH OF KIDNAPPING WHITE TERRORIST

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MR_NANASTROKER/ MR_NANASTROKER

    tygatony9
    you be going HARD….good shlt ima hafta research some of that

    but yea this has been going on 4 decades
    I was watching dat white boy show Colbert report and he touched base on this 2days ago

    just shook my head at the great lengths they will use 2 conjure up irrelevant lies and conclude on many others even go as far as wipe they OWN honkie out of HIStory because he was against the craziness society was manufacturing at the time

    SOLIDARITY
    EACH ONE TEACH ONE

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ihateinteracial/ ihateinteracial

    WHO CARES

    WHATS COMING SOON

    IS SOMETHING THAT WILL MAKE THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVMENT LOOK LIKE NOTHING

    TAKE UR KIDS OUT OF THE SCHOOLS

    START UR OWN BUSINESS AND WORK WITH MEMBERS OF UR RACE

    DOING BUSINESS IN AFRAKA AND THE ISLANDS IS PERFECT

    THEM ASIANS AND EUROS IS DOING IT

    IN OUR HOMLANDS

    TAKE UR KIDS OUT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL PERIOD

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ihateinteracial/ ihateinteracial

    SheFly69

    NEGROS/HALF BREEDS LIKE YOU AMAZE ME

    SLAVERY SLAVERY SLAVERY SLAVERY SLAVERY

    GET OVER ITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

    OH AND WHICH SLAVERY R U GONNA TELL EM ABOUT?

    THE ONE WHERE WE ENSLAVED EUROPEANS AND OTHER PEOPLES?

    OR U JUST GONNA FOCUS ON SLAVERY WHEN WE WERE ENSLAVED BY ARABS AND EUROPEANS??

    THATS HORRIBLE ALL U MUTA FAKAS

    ALWAYS SPEAK ON SLAVERY

    WHEN EVER U BRING UP HISTORY

    NEGROS NEVER WILL BRING UP ARE GOOD PARTS OR GREAT PARTS

    THEY ALWAYS WANNA TALK ABOUT WHEN WE WERE IN CHAINS AND THEN WANNA TRY TO FIND SOME VICTORY STORYS OUT THAT

    WTF KIND OF VICTORYS DOES SLAVERY HAVE?

    SHAME

    SHAME ON U PEOPLE

    U NEED TO BE TEACHING UR KIDS SKILLS SO THEY CAN START THERE OWN BUSINESS BY 18 AND WORK WITH OTHER AFRAKANS

    ALL YALL WANNA TALK ABOUT IS SLAVERY

    DISGUSTING

    LIKE VEN RHAMES SAID IN THAT ZOMBIE MOVIE

    F.U.K YALL

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BeautifulSun1/ BeautifulSun1

    taurus216 i think you’re a troll…read a book!
    @Blknall…AMEN AMEN AMEN and let the church say AMEN

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/hayleno3/ hayleno3

    half the black people in texas might not know black history themselves and the ones that do , do they tell the story
    so they live like they appericate the future/

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Esoteric_Dredz/ Esoteric_Dredz

    Ultra conservative, right wing agenda being pushed and sadly being successful down there. This is where charter schools can really come into play. People need not depend on the public school system to teach your kids about their history. That is something that we should be doing in our homes, and that the institutions in our communities (churches, community centers) should be doing as well.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MarkAntney/ MarkAntney

    A Conservative agenda would HAVE to start changing History Books in order for folks to forget what happened 2001-2008.

    2001-2008 was so bad, the GOP didn’t even allow Bush and Cheney at their Convention.

    However, in this internet, immediate information age,… it makes them appear to be even more foolish, sinister, and desperate perhaps than they actually are?

    Almost like a Child that closes their eyes hoping it means their mother witha strap won’t see them:):):)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blknall/ blknall

    @BeautifulSun1
    I don’t think taurus216 is black, i think he or she is a white member posin as black. I went to his page and it seems to be a front. I mean hip-hop music, and black friends on list to make him or her appear black, yet he says something so self hating.

    Be aware that not everyone that appears to be black on sites like these are. Whites are devious in there effords of create chaos. It’s their legacy, their mentality, their culture, and their nature to do so.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blknall/ blknall

    ihateinteracial u seem so angry about everything. Can u just focus on the main issue at hand. U’r attacking SheFly69, gays, and history as it’s presented. U’re stretchin urself thin. I need u to think of all these issues u’r angry about (race, homosexuality, history) and figure out which one deserves the most attention. Man, ihateinteracial, u’re gonna have a stroke b***hing bout everything.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Perionne27/ Perionne27

    Expected comment from smitty

    Anyway this is Texas…the same state that wants to secede from the rest of the country…the same state with strict laws from the 1800s…Texas is a state very much clouded with backwards thinking..So I’m not surprised considering the Ultra conservative right wing Extremism that exists there

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Perionne27/ Perionne27

    Actually wasn’t there also an attempt at rewriting the Bible to take out the “Liberal bias”….???

    Anyway again I’m not surprised..especially considering it’s Texas. When the governor gave a speech about seceding…many people clapped. And If I remember correctly I remember seeing many racist groups on the Southern Poverty Law center.

    And wow @ everything else being said….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Gods_chosenman/ Gods_chosenman

    From the way the article reads it seems like its not really an issue of getting rid of black history month or black figures in our history…its more of an issue of conservative vs. liberal view points. Basically Texas is trying to put more of the bible and morality in History books.

    Other than Brown vs. the Board of education the article dident mention any instances where lawmakers were trying to remove black history from the textbooks…and everyone knows that one monkey doesnt stop the show. Basically I believe that the voters will see through this mess…if not the Government and if its really a relevant issue it will be brought to light. Im not a texas resident so i would have to wait till this issue comes to california to vote…that also sucks, but what can we do.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Gods_chosenman/ Gods_chosenman

    Texas is ass backwards and i doubt they have the ability to change anything in the united states, let alone the education system. Thats why its up to us as black parents to teach our children their history…I dont remember seeing much black history in textbooks when i was going to school either. Most of what i learned is because my mother(who was Italian) encouraged me to learn my black history and took me to the library to get books.

    Remember we have such a thing as seperation of church and state. I dont think this is a conspiracy and even if it was we all know that new textbooks dont make it to the urban areas easily. Like i said its all on us as parents….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SoularFlarez/ SoularFlarez

    we are the OLDEST people on this earth

    we have a GLOBAL history….

    North/South/Central America… 1000s of years BEFORE Colombus. Olmecs ???
    Ancient Asia
    Ancient Arabia
    Ancient India, Indus-Kush
    Ancient Mesopotamia
    of course Afrika, etc……

    * just dont look under the names ‘black’ or ‘negro’ cuz you wont reconize yourself by those labels.

    ___________________________________________________

    originally posted by ‘Ihateinteracial’

    “SLAVERY SLAVERY SLAVERY SLAVERY SLAVERY

    GET OVER ITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

    OH AND WHICH SLAVERY R U GONNA TELL EM ABOUT?

    THE ONE WHERE WE ENSLAVED EUROPEANS AND OTHER PEOPLES?

    OR U JUST GONNA FOCUS ON SLAVERY WHEN WE WERE ENSLAVED BY ARABS AND EUROPEANS??

    THATS HORRIBLE ALL U MUTA FAKAS

    ALWAYS SPEAK ON SLAVERY

    WHEN EVER U BRING UP HISTORY

    NEGROS NEVER WILL BRING UP ARE GOOD PARTS OR GREAT PARTS

    THEY ALWAYS WANNA TALK ABOUT WHEN WE WERE IN CHAINS AND THEN WANNA TRY TO FIND SOME VICTORY STORYS OUT THAT

    WTF KIND OF VICTORYS DOES SLAVERY HAVE?

    SHAME

    SHAME ON U PEOPLE

    U NEED TO BE TEACHING UR KIDS SKILLS SO THEY CAN START THERE OWN BUSINESS BY 18 AND WORK WITH OTHER AFRAKANS

    ALL YALL WANNA TALK ABOUT IS SLAVERY

    DISGUSTING”

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SoularFlarez/ SoularFlarez

    the Greeks sat at OUR feet as OUR students…

    we brought Europe outta the Dark Ages and it was OUR sciences that helped birth their secret-societys and the Renniasciece Era

    dont let them make you beLIEve that we were roamin around the jungles naked with bones in our noses, eating each other and shouting ‘ogga booga’ like some tarzan movie. they may tell OUR people that bulls**t but THEY know better, but it dont benefit OUR people to let us know that s**t.

    a few generations ago we would have been lynched for knowing how to read, but in 2010 entering into the information AGE OF AQUARIUS, there is no excuse to stay ig’nant U feel me…….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/dxknows/ dxknows

    Once again my Brother SoularFlarez,is right on point…When they wiped them out.They wiped out their history.Is this their plan for us??I know they will try BUT NOT SUCEED.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Lifeiswutumakit/ Lifeiswutumakit

    Now watch all the self-hating n*ggers of BlackPlanet come on this board and applaud Texas for what they’re trying to do. Their reasoning will be some Tom sh*t like “We need to make sure everyone gets credit for what they did”. F*ck outta here. Crackers get credit just for breathin’.

    Big ups to SoularFlarez. The media, school, and no one else ever wants to talk about African/ Egyptian history. They just see how sh*t is now, like that’s the way it’s always been. The present is what it is because of a very in depth past that never gets talked about. The crackers want us to forget it all…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MZ-BREE/ MZ-BREE

    AMEN @lifeiswatumakit…..i think iim in love with u and soularflres..lol…yall speaking the truth to the 23rd power!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/OnlyThaRealist/ OnlyThaRealist

    In slavery times, African-American slaves were not allowed to read books or any type of literature in order to limit their knowledge and only knew what their slave masters told them. The whites felt if the slaves had the knowledge they would have the power to overthrow their slave owners(hence knowledge is power) but, today they(whites) know we have access to books to read but by “whitewashing” our textbooks they are doing exactly what they(whites) did to African-american slaves over 200 years ago but in a different way.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Johnny_Walker/ Johnny_Walker

    The fact that ‘they’ are trying to conservative-wash textbooks is NOT a new issue or surprising. The only part that surprises and angers me is that the opposition (liberals) WALKED OUT..

    That’s the exact opposite of what you are supposed to do when met with staunch idiocy/racism/partisonship..

    Granted, I don’t understand the process completely, but from what I can tell, the liberals who walked out are just as much to blame as the people who pushed these alterations to history.

    As such, like most of you have already said, we ALL will be responsible as well if we don’t educate our children on the Truth.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/smittytva/ smittytva

    lifeiswutumakit,you told a mouth full of nothing but the truth.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Perionne27/ Perionne27

    Soularflarez you are right on point. The Oldest University in the world was in Morocco…and as I was just debating with someone…people always try to disassociate Egypt from Africa amongst other nations that were relevant for their time when that was factually not true. Actually at one point the world map used to seperate Egypt and Africa…imagine that

    Lifeiswutumakeit….I think that’s a bit over the top. Whatever the facts are are the facts. In this case they’re trying to change or downplay the facts..so it should be criticized. This is one example where the truth isn’t black or white…the truth is right there in terms of black history and the ppl who wish to downplay it deserve every criticism they get

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Perionne27/ Perionne27

    BTW….we have to remember that we do have political strength. If you DONT want your State to approve these ridiculous books…ring up your local offices and governor’s office. Each respective State Board HAS to CHOOSE whether to accept the books or not..so you can make a difference

    It’s also important to add that this overall is an ultra conservative push. Among other changes being made to these textbooks is :

    1. Calling America a “Christian Nation” and denying that the Constitution declares a separation of Church and State..which it actually does in Article 6 amendment 1 of the constitution

    2. Teaching sexual identity, eating disorders, and rape as a result of “choice”..as if ppl choose to have eating disorders, be sexually assaulted, etc.

    3. Emphasizing Ronald Reagan wherever they can in the book

    And the final one, emphasizing the impact “conservatives” had on Civil rights by talking about republicans…which is funny because the republicans of that time were liberal

    So overall this is a right wing extremist push

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/cwm299/ cwm299

    Perionne27, the Constitution does not call for a separation of Church and State.
    “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Real_bumbleclot/ Real_bumbleclot

    Well they called Yashua, Jesus and painted him white, they had people thinking acient Egyptians was white, they had people thinking Rome was the cradle of civilization. Rome was founded by a black man but they want you to think the founders was two white boys raised by a wolf. So if you think about it they been white washing history.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/softnslow/ softnslow

    This is again typical! From the same fools who try to tell us that the earth is 5000 years old because it meets their religious beliefs. Same fools who try to tell me that the story of Genesis is how life started (When Genesis cant even get it right and the creation story is told twice in two different ways) Next you will tell me humans started with Adam and Eve and then Adam and Eve had children and then I assume their children had sex with each other to make more children because they were the only people on earth? Yuck! Its all a bunch of BS to brainwash us. They as always want us to believe in some magical stuff while they run the world and make all the money. And as always black people get left out, poor and at the bottom. With the highest levels of AIDS, bad health, low education, bad credit, dieing early etc, etc. But wait we got Jesus, he just don’t look out for us here though, we got to wait till we get to heaven. So then why do white people also have Jesus and most have it made on earth. Maybe because black folk are dumb and really believe in that crap and white people tend not to (Unless they poor and slow or they making money off it!) Notice how black folk go to church, we spend our whole day there dancing and looking crazy. White folk get in and out and go back to making that loot. Shoot Jewish people make money up in the synagogue. That is where they cut their deals etc. Notice you don’t see any poor Jewish people.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/neva1betta/ neva1betta

    Thats how they r here in tx :|, now yall see how come i feel the way I do when it comes to “certain posts” on here…but GOD IS THE “DIRECTOR” of this movie!!!!! It will take the parents to teach their children the REAL TRUTH

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Perionne27/ Perionne27

    Cwm299….Article 6 states “no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States”

    The quote you posted was from Amendment 1…people choose to interpret it in their way without considering the overall context. James Madison…the original author, also stated “Having always regarded the practical distinction between Religion and Civil Government as essential to the purity of both, and as guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States, I could not have otherwise discharged my duty on the occasion which presented itself”

    So we can base judgment on the latter as well

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Perionne27/ Perionne27

    Neva1betta….you’re in Texas? Aww man….*tears*…lol

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/865blackprince/ 865blackprince

    oh, so now all of a sudden black folks care about education? give me a break….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Jahz_Lynx1/ Jahz_Lynx1

    865blackprince, not only do black people care about education everyone here has learned to read and write…although spelling for some is questionable.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Jaydcart2/ Jaydcart2

    OML! Are they freakin serious?!?!?! I’m so ashamed to be from Texas, no lie. That’s it. Goin back to NYC lol, My baby isnt bout to be in a school system that dont teach black history or history in its entirety for that matter. Damn people are trippin.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SoularFlarez/ SoularFlarez

    they should talk about how damn near EVERYWHERE on this earth they go, they find OUR people or they find ancient remains of OUR people….

    the people who run s**t, THEY KNOW our history but the master does not teach the slave to be free cuz then he wouldnt have a slave anymore.

    and we stupid for expecting them to teach us our real history, have we forgotten we are still colonized under the children of ROME ???

    I mean damn even if you dont wanna read, watch a dvd, go on youtube or sumthin….. all this knowledge out here and its damn near FREE too. remember we used to get killed for being literate and now all we read is magazines, the ‘Holy-Bible’ (Helios-Byblos aka Sun-Book) and porno-novels….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sbufford/ sbufford

    we need our own book black history books give them to our kids show them our black family history the truth they want to show the kids black people watered down history

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Cherish_This_Diva/ Cherish_This_Diva

    THIS IS HOW THIS WORK TO DUMMY DOWN THE BLACK CHILDREN I AM SO GLAD THA I AM NOT FROM TEXAS NOR HAVE I EVER VISIT THERE. I DON’T WANT TO I HAVE HEARD TO MANY THINGS ABOUT WHAT GOES ON THERE. WHY LIVE THERE AND THEY ARE THE MOST RACIST STATE THAT PEOPLE CAN EVER LIVE…. WOW WHITE FOLK’S AT IS BEST WHEN IT COME TO BLACK HISTORY….DUMMY DOWN THE BLACK CHILDREN DUMMY DOWN THE BLACK CHILDREN DUMMY DOWN THE BLACK CHILDREN… HOW OFFUL…

    I THINK CHILDREN SHOULD LEARN WHERE THERE PEOPLE COME FROM AND HOW THEY GOT HERE AND WHY THEY WHERE BEING BROUGHT HERE… BUT I GUESS NOT. NOT TO THOSE THAT FILL LIKE HISTORY SHOULD BE CHANGED IN THE FACE OF LEARNING…. THIS IS WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT… TERRIBLE…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SoularFlarez/ SoularFlarez

    turn the television OFF…. and READ TO YOUR CHILDREN
    or at least put on sum youtube videos with the substance to them.

    the colonized people letting the COLONIZERS educate their children, then wonder why they being taught some old bulls**t….

    watch this clip of “BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE”, peep 7:00 minutes into the video

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfPzy978eI8 :(

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SoularFlarez/ SoularFlarez
  • http://www.blackplanet.com/HUGHSMOOV/ HUGHSMOOV

    “In slavery times, African-American slaves were not allowed to read books or any type of literature in order to limit their knowledge and only knew what their slave masters told them. The whites felt if the slaves had the knowledge they would have the power to overthrow their slave owners(hence knowledge is power) but, today they(whites) know we have access to books to read but by “whitewashing” our textbooks they are doing exactly what they(whites) did to African-american slaves over 200 years ago but in a different way.”

    THE BROTHER THAT MADE THIS STATEMENT IS RIGHT ON!!! I moved to Texas almost 2 1/2 years ago and when I expressed my initial thoughts at the culture down here in “the Bible Belt”(what a crock!), many did not believe me. Texas is no place for blacks!! This state has more respect for the Mexican nationals that inhabit this screwed up state. Brothers in Texas might want to take a trip to other states and see for themselves the differences that are so obvious. It almost seems like the whites and Mexicans have some sort of “agreement” going on between them here. It amazed me to see how little blacks own in this state; it’s absolutely pathetic! No political power and very little financial influence!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Chanel_Diamondz_08/ Chanel_Diamondz_08

    This comes as no surprise to me , I can remember as a kid in colorado springs in elementary school looking in my text book and seeing one chapter outof maybe 20 about black heroes in america. It wasnt until I reached college and took a african american studies class where I learned the true history of our people and their ” pilgrimage” here. I ronically the class was taught by a white british teacher lol but my point is we can’t expect textsbooks that are written and sold by white people to accommodate us. You see how little these teachs books talk about latino americans and other minorities. Im a pre med major and I can literally count on one hand how many black scientist are dicussed in my science classes. If black people wrote the books and published the books and sold the books we then take back the power of education. If “they ” want to make this about race why should we sit back and allow it. For too long we have allowed “them ” to control ever facet of our lives , from education , to how and wat we eat, to the clothing we wear, to even the houses we live in. Black people need to stop b***hing and moaning about it and change it. Our history is just as important as theirs if not more important , most white people can trace their roots back to the elizabthean era aka shakesperean era , but the average black person can only say my ancestors were slaves so therefore our history as a people in america is still very young.

    Also encourage your children to read outside of school, my mother was raised by two educators and therefore implimented in me a need to read outside of school. If we black parents stop letting the tv babysit our kids and instead make them read we will have then taken back the power of education something nobody can take from them. Encourage them to want more from life than just being a basketball player, tell them they can own they own baskeball team or their own stadium , stop limiting your childs dream there is a world beyond the stars , tell them to shoot for that. The ultimate success come through education and knowledge . Knowledge is worth more than are the silver and gold in the world.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Chanel_Diamondz_08/ Chanel_Diamondz_08

    Last thought , we are no longer slaves to the white man physically but mentally our slaver never ended.

    Food for thought

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Perionne27/ Perionne27

    I mean history should tell it’s own story..not the other way around. This is utterly ridiculous, again you can check your local office or governor’s office and make sure they don’t accept these books. If they do, make them pay at the ballot box

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SWEET_P1958/ SWEET_P1958

    The Educational system doesn’t actually teach children “HOW TO THINK” it only teaches them “WHAT TO THINK.” Since we don’t own or run the School System we so-called Black People are literally at the mercy of White America. We can vote, rally, protest, cry and even pray, and nothing is going to change. You actually expect your ex-slave Masters to come up with a solution to your problems when: “REAL CHANGE STARTS WITH THE MAN IN THE MIRROR.” You exchanged your jobs and your homes for a half Black President. “ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?” Despite all of the chaos and curruption, I have a peace that surpasses all understanding. “GLORY HALLELUJAH” (Catch My Drift?) So sincere, Michael Sydney Perkins

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Anxiouslove/ Anxiouslove

    This is outrageous…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/2_tha_beat/ 2_tha_beat

    this is as wrong as wrong can be I was born during the civil rights movement. And as a kid growing up in the seventies my father was a Panther.I was one of those kids that did the free breakfast programs,the after school study groups and the self defense classes,and being escorted home from school so police and other whites would not harm us.There was so much good that they did it needs to be available for our kids to know.and there were whites who helped but we(my brothers and sisters) were constantly on the front line fighting for what we should already have and still do not have…equality!So for them to just erase all the blood sweat and tear that was shed is such a atrocity..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Gatekeepa/ Gatekeepa

    ..if black folks aren’t hipped to what is happening in america right now(WAKE UP)..especially those of you living the red states(GOP) controlled..just because we have a president who is black .. doesn’t change nothing..but only increase the efforts of the opposition..and they will win if we don’t do our part come this November and vote in MID-TERM elections..because you best believe the opposition is voting this November against the advancement of people of color.. the fear of a BLACK PLANET..

    .. get in-tune and educate yourshelf to what is happening.. the political pundits those who represents the tea partiers and the GOP want what they say is their country BACK.. which means BACK to racist and unfair practices of segregation is their intent.. and they are doing so right under your noses.. even today North Carolina is going back to the segregation of their school bus system..which is saying that whites don’t want african americans and hispanics students bused to their school districts…and if you don’t vote this coming november..will increase segregation efforts in the (GOP)red states-where the GOP party will rule into law- black folks right back into forms of bladant institutional segregation..the segregation process/movement has already started nationwide..PAY ATTENTION and get proactive..your child’s future depends on it.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/carlhil2/ carlhil2

    fuk it, we have the INTERNET, fuk EUROPEAN AMERICANS and their views of HISTORY.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/P8Q9R6/ P8Q9R6

    Most rational black people should understand that there will always be sick,
    irrational white folk around us. They were around us, while our black ances-
    tors were fighting for their freedoms on a daily basis, and they are still
    around us even in this day. Yes, Barack Obama, was the first black man to
    become president of the United States of America. No one really expected
    every white person to embrace this piece of history. The real fact is this,
    we, black people, helped to build the United States of America without a
    doubt. Irrational white men had the power and authority to distort the
    Negro’s image and overall being through early textbooks. Let’s realize that
    this is a new day and new age. Apparently, it is going to take more for
    some black folk to “unshackle” their mental being from a dark and painful
    yesteryear. Imagine if every black individual’s mind was still “shackled”
    from an “unjust” past. Hey, we’d all be in trouble, wouldn’t we? Part of
    Dr. King’s dream was that his four children would be judged on the content
    of their character, not by the color of their skin. Irrational white folk,
    even of today, will copy the actions of their ancient forefathers to see
    how we, as a black folk, react. Ain’t no way in the world a white man is
    going to take the credit for the things that a black man or woman created.
    You do not necessarily have to be a “racist” in order to right a wrong,
    and that is “by any means necessary,” as Malcolm X said during his elaborate
    speeches. Remember, black folks lives did not originally begin in “slav-
    ery.” It was after the white European settlers discovered Africa and Asia.
    It was people of the continent of Africa that was enslaved, but there is
    more to this story as well.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sbufford/ sbufford

    you need 2 teach your kids black history it been missing out the school white people dont want them to know all the good thing we dome all the invention we made and are makeing everyday

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