History, the real thing.

Lord Kadizzle never thought he would find himself somewhat of a history buff, but little by little he has become fascinated with what really happened. So much of American history has been fabricated for general consumption, that reality got pushed aside. Columbus was really a savage jerk and not above some whopping lies he used to further his own greed. The gilded version of how this country came into existence is not very interesting. What actually took place is interesting. It is very sad that young children are given in school a painted over placid view of what took place. It is no wonder they are bored and loose interest. If schools had children delve into real history and talk about how things came about, education would take place. The current system is more indoctrination than education. The motives of early Americans were not nearly as noble as one would believe from reading the typical American history book provided to most schools today. A dose of reality would serve our students so much better. The amazing thing about a lot of the early American heroes is that their real life was actually far more interesting than the fictionalized version presented for mass consumption. A classic case is Kit Carson. The book BLOOD AND THUNDER is an eye opener about how the southwest was actually settled. The portrayal of our country as a classes land of equality, is such a falsehood when one actually looks into it. The notion that people could come here for a better life needs to be examined. Most of the early settles had a very hared time of it, and often wrote back to the mother land to tell people not to come. Harmony was not a theme. Everyone was pitted against everyone. The rich whites deliberately pitted the poor whites against the blacks and the Indians. Sound familiar?

The early rich played the same game the Republicans of today use, divide and conquer. One major fear the haves always had was the "have nots" would ban together and throw them out. The early plantation owners wanted to make sure the Indians disliked the blacks, so their plan was to arm some blacks and have them fight the Indians. Poor whites were siding with black slaves, so the landowners did everything they could to stir racial hate. If today's students could see the origins of today's problems as portrayed in real history perhaps we would not have to repeat history so often. Most of the dirty tricks Karl Rove used were used in colonial times.