What did James W. Loewen mean by: The layout of textbooks, I think, has been done with an assumption that students don’t read. James W. Loewen Sociologist · USA Copy
It is always useful to think badly about people one has exploited or plans to exploit. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James W. Loewen, Deception, Exploitation, Manipulation, 0 James W. Loewen Sociologist · USA
Cherishing Columbus is a characteristic of white history, not American history. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James W. Loewen, Bias, Colonization, 0 James W. Loewen Sociologist · USA
Those who don’t remember the past are condemned to repeat the eleventh grade. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James W. Loewen, Consequences, Education, History, 0 James W. Loewen Sociologist · USA
+ History can be a weapon, and it can be used against you. Author, June 29, 2023January 2, 2025, James W. Loewen, Knowledge, Manipulation, Power, 0 James W. Loewen Sociologist · USA
Teachers need to teach the subject rather than to teach the textbook. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James W. Loewen, 0 James W. Loewen Sociologist · USA
The antidote to feel-good history is not feel-bad history but honest and inclusive history. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James W. Loewen, Inclusivity, Perspective, Truth, 0 James W. Loewen Sociologist · USA
I’m looking forward to the future, which is a good thing, because it’s coming. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James W. Loewen, Anticipation, Inevitability, Optimism, 0 James W. Loewen Sociologist · USA
Textbooks are written in an oracular monotone, so that they claim to be true and important. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James W. Loewen, Authority, Importance, Truth, 0 James W. Loewen Sociologist · USA
Don’t assume that a species is intelligent because it produces intelligent individuals. Jack McDevitt
Pity the mother who assumes the name without being all this implies! Amos Bronson Alcott Writer · USA
