Following his hazard to have the Department of Education defund public institutions that include the 1619 Project in their classes, president Donald Trump increased down on his disapproval of the educational source that instructs the background of enslavement in America.
Throughout a White House press conference on Monday, when asked about using the task as part of the curriculum in colleges, as well as whether he wanted the subject of enslavement showed, Mr Trump responded that he did want the subject taught, however decried what he called “revisionist background”.
” I want everyone to recognize every little thing they can about our history. I am not a believer in terminate culture, the great or the bad, if you do not examine the bad it might happen once again. I do want that subject examined really thoroughly as well as precisely,” he stated.
” But, we matured with a certain history and now they’re attempting to change our background. Revisionist history, That’s why they wish to remove our monuments, take down our statues,” he added, referencing efforts to tear down or get rid of Confederate monuments complying with the rise of the Black Lives Matter motion.
