“Native Americans are not and must not be props in a sort of theme park of the past, where we go to have a good time and see exotic cultures. “What we have done to the peoples who were living in North America” is, according to anthropologist Sol Tax, “our Original Sin.” DoneAmericaPastCultureSinTaxesOriginalsParksThemeNativeGood TimesNative AmericanHaving A Good TimeExoticPropsNorth AmericaOriginal SinAnthropologistsTheme Parks Book:Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong Source: Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
“The layout of textbooks, I think, has been done with an assumption that students don't read.” ThinkingHas BeensDoneStudentsAssumptionTextbooksLayout Author:James W. Loewen
“Very few college professors want high school graduates in their history class who are simply "gung ho" and "rah-rah" with regard to everything the United States has ever done, have never thought critically in their life, don't know the meaning of the word "historiography" and have never heard of it. They think that history is something you're supposed to memorize and that's about it. That's not what high school, or what college history teachers want.” ThinkingKnowsWantStatesDoneSchoolUnitedClassUnited StatesTeacherHeardCollegeHigh SchoolRegardProfessorsGraduatesGraduating High SchoolHistoriographyCollege ProfessorsHistory TeacherHistory Class Author:James W. Loewen
“It is always useful to think badly about people one has exploited or plans to exploit... No one likes to think of him or herself as a bad person. To treat badly another person whom we consider a reasonable human being creates a tension between act and attitude that demands resolution. We cannot erase what we have done, and to alter our future behavior may not be in our interest. To change our attitude is easier.” PeopleThinkingHumansMayPersonsDonePoliticsInterestHuman BeingsAttitudePlansEasierDemandBehaviorTreatsLikesTensionReasonableResolutionOur FutureExploitsErase Author:James W. Loewen
