History textbooks used in Texas were edited to support a racist antebellum political agenda.
The following is a classic example. Others are cited in the article cited.
Two States. Eight Textbooks. Two American Stories.
California notes the suburban dream of the 1950s was inaccessible to many African-Americans.
McGraw-Hill, “United States History Since 1877,” Texas, P. 436
Texas does not.
California and Texas textbooks sometimes offer different explanations for white backlash to black advancement after the Civil War, from Reconstruction to housing discrimination in the 20th century.
Southern whites resisted Reconstruction, according to a McGraw-Hill textbook, because they “did not want African-Americans to have more rights.” But the Texas edition offers an additional reason: Reforms cost money, and that meant higher taxes.
Whole paragraphs on redlining and restrictive deeds appear only in the California editions of textbooks, partly as a result of different state standards. Texas’ social studies guidelines do not mention housing discrimination at all.
The following is a classic example. Others are cited in the article cited.
Two States. Eight Textbooks. Two American Stories.
California notes the suburban dream of the 1950s was inaccessible to many African-Americans.
McGraw-Hill, “United States History Since 1877,” Texas, P. 436
Texas does not.
California and Texas textbooks sometimes offer different explanations for white backlash to black advancement after the Civil War, from Reconstruction to housing discrimination in the 20th century.
Southern whites resisted Reconstruction, according to a McGraw-Hill textbook, because they “did not want African-Americans to have more rights.” But the Texas edition offers an additional reason: Reforms cost money, and that meant higher taxes.
Whole paragraphs on redlining and restrictive deeds appear only in the California editions of textbooks, partly as a result of different state standards. Texas’ social studies guidelines do not mention housing discrimination at all.