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applegrove

(132,222 posts)
Thu Dec 25, 2025, 06:30 PM Dec 2025

James Talarico on Texas school history getting white-washed:

@jamestalarico.bsky.social criticized a new Senate bill for "historical whitewashing," highlighting its removal of significant figures & events from educational content.
His #CupOfJoe reminds us that a well-informed electorate is a prerequisite to Democracy. [Thomas Jefferson]

TizzyWoman (@tizzywoman.bsky.social) 2025-12-25T16:52:32.596Z
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James Talarico on Texas school history getting white-washed: (Original Post) applegrove Dec 2025 OP
"It includes writings from Alexis de Tocqueville who is not even an American" Wiz Imp Dec 2025 #1
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Wiz Imp

(9,998 posts)
1. "It includes writings from Alexis de Tocqueville who is not even an American"
Thu Dec 25, 2025, 08:51 PM
Dec 2025

"Could that be because he was a white man ?"

"Not exactly"

WTF!?!?

He won't even say a flat out NO to that? Wow! That's some hardcore racism!!!

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