“ The antidote to feel-good history is not feel-bad history but honest and inclusive history. If textbook authors feel compelled to give good moral instruction, the way origin myths have always done, th… James W. Loewen
“ The textbooks also fail to show how the continuous Indian wars have reverberated through our culture. Carleton Beals has written that our acquiescence in Indian dispossession has molded the American c… James W. Loewen
“ Many African societies divide humans into three categories: those still alive on the earth, the sasha, and the zamani. The recently departed whose time on earth overlapped with people still here are t… James W. Loewen
“ No matter how thoroughly Native Americans acculturated, they could not succeed in white society. Whites would not let them. Indians were always regarded as aliens, and were rarely allowed to live with… James W. Loewen
“ Many sundown towns had not a single black household as late as the 2000 census, and some still openly exclude to this day. James W. Loewen
“ What You Can Do About Sundown Towns: The Three-Step Program in Action To help sundown towns transcend their pasts and end second-generation sundown town issues, I suggest a Three-Step Program: •Admit… James W. Loewen
“ Rethinking Our Past: Recognizing Facts, Fiction, and Lies in American History Social Science in the Courtroom James W. Loewen
“ Another result of the War of 1812 was the loss of part of our history. As historian Bruce Johansen put it, A century of learning [from Native Americans] was coming to a close. A century and more of fo… James W. Loewen
“ Consider how textbooks treat Native religions as a unitary whole. ... "These Native Americans ... believed that nature was filled with spirits. Each form of life, such as plants and animals, had a spi… James W. Loewen
“ What a community erects on its historical landscape not only sums up its view of the past but also influences its possible futures. James W. Loewen
“ Very few adults today realize that our society has been slave much longer than it has been free. James W. Loewen
“ The 27 candidates for whom I could readily distinguish the racial policies of their hometowns, one-third were identified with sundown towns. Starting at the beginning of the century, these include Rep… James W. Loewen
“ In sum, U.S. history is no more violent and oppressive than the history of England, Russia, Indonesia, or Burundi - but neither is it exceptionally less violent. James W. Loewen
“ Consider how textbooks treat Native religions as a unitary whole. ... These Native Americans ... believed that nature was filled with spirits. Each form of life, such as plants and animals, had a spir… James W. Loewen
