California Uber Alles: Schools Forced To Teach 'Obama Exceptionalism'
California Governor Jerry Brown just signed a law that will mandate all
textbooks in California to indoctrinate students on Barack Obama's "legacy for
generations to come" and allow Obama to "take his rightful place in California
textbooks."
(Washington Post) The measure, AB 1912, requires the California Instructional Quality Commission to consider including instruction on Obama’s election during its next revision of history-social science curriculum. This curriculum hasn’t been updated in nine years, the bill’s sponsor, Assemblyman Chris Holden (D), said in a statement, and will not be updated until the 2015-2016 school year.
“We want to make sure that future generations understand that the election of our nation’s first African American president was a historic step in the effort towards equality and that previous elections involved intimidation and violence that prevented millions of African Americans from voting,” Holden said.
Holden’s office said the measure is "the first step toward acknowledging President Obama’s legacy for generations to come" and allows Obama to "take his rightful place in California textbooks."
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(Washington Post) The measure, AB 1912, requires the California Instructional Quality Commission to consider including instruction on Obama’s election during its next revision of history-social science curriculum. This curriculum hasn’t been updated in nine years, the bill’s sponsor, Assemblyman Chris Holden (D), said in a statement, and will not be updated until the 2015-2016 school year.
“We want to make sure that future generations understand that the election of our nation’s first African American president was a historic step in the effort towards equality and that previous elections involved intimidation and violence that prevented millions of African Americans from voting,” Holden said.
Holden’s office said the measure is "the first step toward acknowledging President Obama’s legacy for generations to come" and allows Obama to "take his rightful place in California textbooks."
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