i'm at a loss here

i cannot articulate how this makes me feel. it's frightening. it's ugly. it's racist. it's wrong. it is NOT history (why include the nra in a history book and exclude let's say the brady campaign against gun VIOLENCE?). of course it's not passed yet. i'm hoping the good citizens of texas, EVEN THE MOST MOST MOST conservative ones KNOW this just cannot be. if you have phyllis schlafly you damn well better have ANGELA DAVIS in there as well

Texas Conservatives Seek Deeper Stamp on Texts

By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr.

AUSTIN, Tex. — Even as a panel of educators laid out a vision Wednesday for national standards for public schools, the Texas school board was going in a different direction, holding hearings on changes to its social studies curriculum that would portray conservatives in a more positive light, emphasize the role of Christianity in American history and include Republican political philosophies in textbooks. The hearings are the latest round in a long-running cultural battle on the 15-member State Board of Education, a battle that could have profound consequences for the rest of the country, since Texas is one of the largest buyers of textbooks.............

and please be sitting down before you read these next words...........please

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For instance, one guideline requires publishers to include a section on “the conservative resurgence of the 1980s and 1990s, including Phyllis Schlafly, the Contract with America, the Heritage Foundation, the Moral Majority and the National Rifle Association.”

There have also been efforts among conservatives on the board to tweak the history of the civil rights movement. One amendment states that the movement created “unrealistic expectations of equal outcomes” among minorities. Another proposed change removes any reference to race, sex or religion in talking about how different groups have contributed to the national identity.......

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Diana Gomez, center, and Garrett Mize, right, and other University of Texas students rallied against conservatives at a State Board of Education meeting Wednesday in Austin, Tex.

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