Confederate “Heritage” Month 2023, April 5: Northern troops and the end of Reconstruction
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Heather Cox Richardson, in addition to being an academic historian, has also become one of the best-know “public historians” in the US, thanks to her Facebook posts and podcasts, also available on YouTube, and her frequent Substack column. Richardson is very critical of the Lost Cause narrative because it’s bad history and also because it’s racist. It’s possible to put a racist spin on factually accurate claims, although the Lost Cause narrative is at its core racist propaganda, so it has to be and is dishonest about many important factual questions. Also, it’s not just racist propaganda “at its core” but in all its other aspects, as well.
Confederate “Heritage” Month 2023, April 5: Northern troops and the end of Reconstruction
Confederate “Heritage” Month 2023, April 5…
Confederate “Heritage” Month 2023, April 5: Northern troops and the end of Reconstruction
Heather Cox Richardson, in addition to being an academic historian, has also become one of the best-know “public historians” in the US, thanks to her Facebook posts and podcasts, also available on YouTube, and her frequent Substack column. Richardson is very critical of the Lost Cause narrative because it’s bad history and also because it’s racist. It’s possible to put a racist spin on factually accurate claims, although the Lost Cause narrative is at its core racist propaganda, so it has to be and is dishonest about many important factual questions. Also, it’s not just racist propaganda “at its core” but in all its other aspects, as well.