On the 60th anniversary of the 1963 Birmingham church bombing, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson emphasized the need to confront dark parts of history. Progressive discourse calls for acknowledging the West's role in various injustices, reshaping historical narratives away from glorification to one that demands self-examination. This shift, termed 'memory politics,' has transformed educational approaches, advocating for a more critical examination of the past that includes Western wrongdoing, moving beyond traditional celebratory lessons in history classrooms.
Leftists have exhorted that Western nations must face up to their histories of militarism, economic exploitation, colonialism, slave trade, racism, sexism and heteronormativity.
This invention, sometimes called "memory politics," has prompted leftists to redefine what history is and how it should be taught.
For centuries, schoolroom history had meant little more than ploughing through kings and queens, generals and admirals, or presidents and legislatures showering their nations in glory.
Recent decades have seen this tradition overthrown, replaced by a demand that history requires collective self-criticism.
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