Avoiding Biased History

How does a biased interpretation of American history influence your politics? Here are four examples.

While he was alive, 3 out of every 4 Americans had a negative view of MLK. By the late 1980's, 3 out of every 4 Americans had a positive view of MLK. Collective memory has divided conservatives and liberals over who should claim MLK's legacy.

Northern liberals used polite racism to prevent a full success of the civil rights movement.

In 1983, Ronald Reagan signed into law the Martin Luther King Holiday Bill. This took place despite the fact that Reagan and the conservatives had opposed the civil rights movement during the 1960's. Using collective memory and historical cherry-picking, Reagan and the conservatives kidnapped the MLK legacy with a new civil rights narrative.

The civil rights movement played a major role in furthering the division of America into conservative and liberal factions. Liberals supported the civil rights movement while conservatives opposed it.

In a battle of books and ideas on race, political moderate John McWhorter's 2021 "Woke Racism" responds to "White Fragility," written by political leftist Robin D'Angelo in 2018.

In a battle of books and ideas on race, political moderate John McWhorter's 2021 "Woke Racism" responds to "White Fragility," written by political leftist Robin D'Angelo in 2018.

Many historians argue that the number one racial issue that exists in post-Civil Rights Movement America is the problem of Black Ghettos. Where did this problem come from and how did it happen? It should come as no surprise that liberals and conservatives do not agree on the causes of this controversial issue.

Many historians argue that the number one racial issue that exists in post-Civil Rights Movement America is the problem of Black Ghettos. Where did this problem come from and how did it happen? It should come as no surprise that liberals and conservatives do not agree on the causes of this controversial issue.

Atticus Finch of  To Kill A Mockingbird  is the greatest fictional hero in American history. But, was there any reality and truth portrayed in this character? Biased history takes a look at four different portrayals of Atticus Finch and how they fit into the worlds of history and politics.

Atticus Finch of  To Kill A Mockingbird  is the greatest fictional hero in American history. But, was there any reality and truth portrayed in this character? Biased history takes a look at four different portrayals of Atticus Finch and how they fit into the worlds of history and politics.

Atticus Finch of To Kill A Mockingbird is the greatest fictional hero in American history. But, was there any reality and truth portrayed in this character? Biased history takes a look at four different portrayals of Atticus Finch and how they fit into the worlds of history and politics.

It is completely normal for a person to have biased political views in a democracy such as the United States. But where do these biased views come from? This podcast argues that one's biased political views partly come from one's biased interpretation of United States history, whether a conservative interpretation or a liberal one.

In American history, Conservatives, through their red scares, have labeled socialism as being un-American. Liberals, on the other hand, have been open to some ideas that have come from socialism.

In American history, Conservatives, through their red scares, have labeled socialism as being un-American. Liberals, on the other hand, have been open to some ideas that have come from socialism.

Since the founding of the United States, conservatives and liberals have been fighting over telling the true narrative of American history.

Who owns the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.? Today, both conservatives and liberals claim MLK as being one of their own. But how can that be true?

This episode examines the role of the United States in the Vietnam War from two perspectives. The first is the conservative perspective that claims that Vietnam was a just war. The New Left perspective claims that Vietnam was an unjust war.

Biased History takes a look at four distinguished historians who just happen to write from the ideological perspective of a liberal.

Biased Histor y takes a look at four distinguished historians who just happen to write from the ideological perspective of a conservative.

The Introduction to Biased History is completed with Steps 13 through 17.

Introduction to Biased History .