Accuracy is the key to making history valuable Whether we leave out specific facts or embellish the circumstances, that does not change the facts. Undoubtedly, if an American Indian wrote the history of America from their perspective, we’ll have a view of this country that was not covered in our traditional books. Even though I was poor, and even knowing some of the atrocities carried out by the government in the name of progress, I thought that living in America and being American was the best that anyone could hope for. After going over several textbooks during my public-school years, a relatively rosy outlook on American values was fed regularly. All of the histories taught to me were written by the European point of view. However, there is some truth in what he said, at least as far as the recent past is concerned. The 1619 Project was not written by the “winners,” and the project was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Only a week ago, Attorney General William Barr, when asked how history would be written, in reference to his dismissal charges against Mike Flynn, his reply was, “History is written by the winners, so it largely depends on who’s writing the history.” That may not be exactly true now. Memory, experience, affiliations, religion, and race are just a few things that add skepticism to narratives.
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