Ark. bill introduced to ban Howard Zinn books from public schools

[LiberalArkie]

"Its goal is to introduce students to a more accurate, complex, and engaging understanding of United States history than is found in traditional textbooks and curricula," the website states.

Famed author and philosopher Noam Chomsky said Zinn's work "changed the way millions of people saw the past."

But, in the years since it came out, the book has been under scrutiny by critics who say Zinn's book omits important moments in history. One conservative author, Daniel J. Flynn, has even labeled Zinn as presenting a biased view of history and calling him an anti-American Marxist.

Michael Kazin for Dissent Magazine said, "[The book] is bad history, albeit gilded with virtuous intentions. Zinn reduces the past to Manichean fable and makes no serious attempt to address the biggest question a leftist can ask about U.S. history: why have most Americans accepted the legitimacy of the capitalist republic in which they live?"

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[Onyrleft]

1. Ban a book?

That should keep teens from wanting to read it.