Strange Country Ep 161: Patriotic Education

Get out your flag and wrap yourself in it because it's time for a little patriotic education. Donald Trump's desire to rewrite history is just a rehash of the past when other organizations clamored to control what kids learned in school. Join Beth and Kelly as they sing patriotic songs and deny reality to make you fall in love with America all over again. Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands Cite your sources: Breed, Allen G. "'The Lost Cause': the Women's Group Fighting for Confederate Monuments." The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 10 Aug. 2018, www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/10/united-daughters-of-the-confederacy-statues-lawsuit. Doshi, Vidhi. "India's New Textbooks Are Promoting the Prime Minister's Favorite Policies, Critics Allege." The Washington Post, WP Company, 6 Apr. 2019, www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/06/01/indias-new-textbooks-are-promoting-the-prime-ministers-favorite-policies-critics-allege/. Fairyington, Stephanie. "'Heather Has Two Mommies' Is Still Relevant 30 Years Later." The New York Times, The New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020, www.nytimes.com/2020/04/17/parenting/heather-two-mommies.html. Goldstein, Dana. "Two States. Eight Textbooks. Two American Stories." The New York Times, The New York Times, 12 Jan. 2020, www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/12/us/texas-vs-california-history-textbooks.html. Hickman, Leo. "'Fracking' Company Targets US Children with Colouring Book | Leo Hickman." The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 14 July 2011, www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2011/jul/14/gas-fracking-children-colouring-book. Hix, Lisa. "Selling Shame: 40 Outrageous Vintage Ads Any Woman Would Find Offensive." Mental Floss, 1 Sept. 2015, www.mentalfloss.com/article/67885/selling-shame-40-outrageous-vintage-ads-any-woman-would-find-offensive. Honoroff, Zach. "Who Is Elizabeth Dilling, and Why Is Glenn Beck a Fan?" History News Network, historynewsnetwork.org/article/127931. Laats, Adam. The Other School Reformers: Conservative Activism in American Education. Harvard University Press, 2015. Serwer, Adam. "The Fight Over the 1619 Project Is Not About the Facts." The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 21 Jan. 2020, www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/12/historians-clash-1619-project/604093/. Shuster, George N. "Dr. Harold Rugg Replies To His Critics; 'That Men May Understand' Sets Forth His Purpose in Writing His Textbooks THAT MEN MAY UNDERSTAND: An American in the Long Armistice. By Harold Rugg. 350 Pp. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc. $2.75." The New York Times, The New York Times, 27 Apr. 1941, www.nytimes.com/1941/04/27/archives/dr-harold-rugg-replies-to-his-critics-that-men-may-understand-sets.html?searchResultPosition=2. Strauss, Valerie. "Christopher Columbus: 3 Things You Think He Did That He Didn't." The Washington Post, WP Company, 22 Apr. 2019, www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2013/10/14/christopher-columbus-3-things-you-think-he-did-that-he-didnt/. Tharoor, Ishaan. "Analysis | Trump Joins Dictators and Demagogues in Touting 'Patriotic Education'." The Washington Post, WP Company, 21 Sept. 2020, www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/09/21/trump-patriotic-education-china-orban/. "Top 5 Atrocities Committed by Christopher Columbus." Rapid City Journal Media Group, 9 Oct. 2019, rapidcityjournal.com/lifestyles/people/top-5-atrocities-committed-by-christopher-columbus/collection_76ebb2b8-f63d-11e3-a137-001a4bcf887a.html#2.