Cisneros likely out of social studies books

[struggle4progress]

By GARY SCHARRER
AUSTIN BUREAU
Jan. 14, 2010, 7:56PM

AUSTIN — Former Texas Supreme Court Justice Raul Gonzalez could earn a place in school history books, but efforts to keep Henry Cisneros in those books failed in preliminary votes by the State Board of Education Thursday night.

The board will continue debate on Friday on new standards for social studies standards for 4.7 million Texas public school students.

Final action will come in March ...

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6816503.html

[sonias]

1. Well of course they don't want him mentioned

We had such high hopes for Henry - he might have been our first Latino Texas governor. Oh the Rs can forgive Mark Sanford, but not Henry. They'll swoon at 3 times divorced Karl Rove and every other pervert in their tent, but they will never forgive any Democrats who have affairs.

Either way he was a very early ground breaking politician.

Henry's wikipedia entry
He served four terms as the first Hispanic mayor of a major United States city.

If it was up to the wingnuts they'd erase Anise Parker too. Can't be promoting anything they don't perceive as positive. :eyes:

I doubt if Henry cares if the SBOE recognizes him. He was still part of the Clinton Cabinet and nothing can change his position in history whether those conservative dimwits recognize him or not.

Those idiots like McLeroy would rather rehabilitate that fear monger McCarthy, than recognize someone who was a popular Latino leader.

What they should do is make sure Henry B. Gonzalez gets a big mention. Henry B. was the best!

Sonia

[struggle4progress]

2. They're gonna require mention of Schlafly though. It'll be interesting to see whether

the textbooks replay her hysteria about the ERA leading to unisex bathrooms

[sonias]

3. I can't wait til we bring sanity back to this boad

Texas Tribune has a good article up too

Texas Tribune 1./15/10
Civil Civics

State Board of Education members, in seven hours of amending its social studies curriculum Thursday evening, mostly made nice with one another before stopping short of tackling high school history, the most contentious subject area to date. The result: A view of history that grew both more conservative and more multicultural — two goals that have so often seemed at odds.
(snip)

As they supported more explorations of minority history on Thursday, conservative board members also steadily bent the curriculum toward free-market interpretations while excising perceived hints of liberalism. Sometimes the edits were subtle, as when conservative board member Terri Leo twice added “benefits” to standards discussing the “consequences” of man’s taming of the natural environment. Other times, members were more blunt. After a controversy much earlier this year, board members had earlier made clear labor leader Cesar Chavez would be included in the standards. Yet Wednesday night, the board booted Dolores Huerta, the woman who, with Chavez, co-founded the United Farm Workers. The reason?

“She’s a member of the Democratic Socialist Party of America,” said board member Geraldine Miller. “I don’t think she should be in a list of people exemplifying good citizenship, like Helen Keller and Clara Barton." (Miller apparently did not realize Helen Keller was a socialist.)

OMG they're going to have a hissy fit when they find out Helen Keller was a socialist!

Sonia

[WolverineDG]

4. In further illustration of just how little these asshats really know about their own history

when the most recent "Little Women" came out, I went to see it. As I was leaving, some woman who was there with her daughter & other friends said "Of course all that *liberal* stuff was put in by Susan Sarandon. Why they had to let her mess it up, I'll never know." I literally laughed out loud & she glared at me. :eyes:

Obviously, she had never read "Little Women," nor did she know diddly-squat about Louisa May Alcott, because if anything, that movie dialed her ideals back a notch.

dg

[sonias]

5. Priceless!

Remember when they tried editing Hollywood movies? They live in a world of their own. These people really don't want to live in this time. They want to go back to that fantasy time period, years ago, to the even stupider America, the even more racist, more misogynist period. :crazy:

These people would stone their "Jesus" if he came back, because he was too liberal. That socialist savior!

Well-behaved women seldom make history!

Sonia