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They represented an oft-time held - View of 2016 Republicans

Posted: Apr 28th, 2019 - 8:36 am In Reply to: New High-School Textbook Describes Trump as Mentally Ill - Supporters as Racist

What exactly would they have them write? The real problem Trump supporters are having with this is recognition that this IS A NATIONALLY held view. The Breitbart, Patriot, Fox etc. Have been using snipers to pick off these opinions, but it is getting more difficult to quell when in textbooks.

I, myself, adopted the attitude of calling out Trump supporters on issues, instead of letting it slide anymore. I applaud Pearson.

From Pearson website---
U.S. history and government are important topics for students that can evoke passionate responses as they explore difficult and often controversial issues. We welcome feedback on our texts and are always willing to meet with parents and teachers to hear their concerns about textbook content as a part of our longstanding commitment and track record of providing unbiased and accurate materials.

From author---

I have reviewed the part of the text most in question and I believe that my statements about the electorate are indeed factually correct. I wrote, “Trump’s supporters saw the vote as a victory for the people who, like themselves, had been forgotten in a fast-changing America—a mostly older, often rural or suburban, and overwhelmingly white group.” Demographic data and polling all support that conclusion. I doubt the president would disagree. I did not call anyone a racist and I would not—in a book or a class or a conversation.
History can never be merely a collection of facts. Such a history would be boring in the extreme. Historians always make judgments but it is our ethical responsibility to make the judgments based on evidence as best we can understand it and especially in a textbook to present differing judgments.

The best history provides multiple perspectives, asks students to think for themselves, and take evidence seriously. That is exactly what I have tried to do in this book.

James W. Fraser

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