Haley’s revisionist history marches in lockstep with the GOP agenda  

Will she or won't she?

with iowa republican caucus With January 15th just days away, much attention is focused on whether former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley (Republican) can gather enough support. He finished in a solid second place behind Donald Trump.

For those who once expected Haley to represent a more responsible faction of the Republican Party, and I find myself in that camp, that might have been an exciting possibility. Maybe she can make it all the way and earn her nomination. Perhaps the Republican Party is ready for a new face. Perhaps Haley offers a more moderate perspective than her other candidates.

But we regained our sanity in New Hampshire a few days ago When Haley gave her now infamous answer Questions about the causes of the Civil War. She could not and would not say the word “slavery.” It was wonderful. Even if she tried to retract her statement, the most she could do was: She says she had a black friend.” Or maybe she had them once as a child.

We don't know what she believes in her heart about slavery or the Civil War. But that hardly matters. Because in New Hampshire, she gave the answer she thought the Republican base wanted to hear. This speaks volumes not only about Haley, but also about the reactionary voters that currently form the base of the Republican Party.

This constituency seeks historical revisionism, not just about slavery and the Civil War, but also about the Founding, the civil rights movement, and human contributions to climate change.

And it's not just available to adults like Republican primary voters. The students are forced to dress like this. plugger U and hillsdale collegewhich distributes curriculum for use in public schools in several states.

Prager U is “education vendorClasses taught to students in Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' (R) Florida schools are required by state law to teach that slavery wasn't all bad. Enslaved people learned valuable skills. One of his Prager U school videos featured a cartoon version of abolitionist Frederick Douglass. despise slavery, said it was a “compromise” that benefited the early United States.another explosion Climate “alarmism”.

Meanwhile, public school districts in Pennsylvania Adopted Hillsdale College's “1776 Curriculum.'' That program was created amid intense backlash to . The New York Times' 1619 Project, explored how racism and chattel slavery shaped our country. The 1776 curriculum minimizes the history of slavery in the United States and omits important facts about our nation's slave-holding Founders. It even goes so far as to claim that those same founders somehow had a rationale for denying women the vote.

Then there are activists led by pro-freedom moms who want the book banned and censored. Haley, along with other Republican candidates, Attended Moms for Liberty National Conference In Philadelphia last summer, she spoke to a group See you in September.At this point, it looks like Mamas for Liberty could be collapse under the weight of one's own hypocrisy. But right-wing politicians like Haley are poised to take over.

All of this is to say that Haley's non-response in New Hampshire did not bode well for what would happen if Trump himself, as well as the MAGA standard-bearers, were to win this year.

The right wants to continue the project trying to rewrite history. Even though we know that America is made up of wealthy people, our children (and adults) tend to have less knowledge and understanding of the world through a narrow lens (typically straight, male, white European, Christian). I would like to continue trying to create a culture that encourages people to look at things. Diversity of perspectives.

Such views were once common in this country. It took decades for America to slowly progress toward a more inclusive culture where pluralism was celebrated rather than feared.

There are many good reasons to reject the Republican agenda at the ballot box this year, and this must be one of them. That is bad for education, bad for children, and bad for adults. They are members of a well-informed civil society.

We might have thought that some party standard-bearers were more reasonable on this front than others. But it turns out that's not the case.

Svante Myrick is the president of People for the American Way.