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According to critics on the political left and right, historical revisionism and the crusade for multiculturalism have distorted our nation’s past and divided the American people. Liberal
historian Arthur Schlesinger uses Plato’s concept of a “noble lie” to describe the problem in academia today. It serves radical political interests (influenced by Marx and Nietzsche) and ignores a
huge amount of evidence that would enable us to obtain a fairer and more balanced understanding of our nation. explain how textbooks distort the past and how this has helped create the social
problems we face today. What’s the other side to issues such as race, slavery, feminism, class, etc.? How have liberty and oppression been socially constructed? Include as a corrective the
positive side of our nation’s founding and the Founding Fathers. How has our nation contributed to world civilization? Think of