Republicans whitewash US history

This day in history: The Tulsa massacre

Republicans want to prevent the country's students from learning the actual history of their country:

Teachers and professors in Idaho will be prevented from “indoctrinating” students on race. Oklahoma teachers will be prohibited from saying certain people are inherently racist or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously. Tennessee schools will risk losing state aid if their lessons include particular concepts about race and racism.

Governors and legislatures in Republican-controlled states across the country are moving to define what race-related ideas can be taught in public schools and colleges, a reaction to the nation’s racial reckoning after last year’s police killing of George Floyd. The measures have been signed into law in at least three states and are being considered in many more.

Educators and education groups are concerned that the proposals will have a chilling effect in the classroom and that students could be given a whitewashed version of the nation’s history....

Not surprising that Republicans also don't want to know the truth about the right-wing mob violence on January 6: Senate Republicans kill the Jan. 6 commission.

Republican history: The country was a blank slate before white people got here.

See also ‘The United States of Lyncherdom’ Didn’t End With Tulsa.

Republican-controlled states make it harder to vote.