ANTHONY ARNOVE: Well, it’s not limited to Howard Zinn. In fact, there’s a broader attack on critical education studies. James Loewen has written a piece in which he pointed out that when he wrote a book about "sundown towns" and highlighted the case of Greensburg, Indiana, which is where Honda built a non-union auto factory recently in the state of Indiana with a huge subsidy organized by Mitch Daniels, that he was supposed to give three talks organized by the Indiana Civil Rights Commission. Those talks were canceled under pressure by Governor Daniels’ office. So, it’s a very politicized situation. And they’re aware that there’s a certain kind of history which is dangerous to people like Mitch Daniels. If you teach a history that is about the history of social movements, about the history of people challenging those in power, about the importance of unions, about the importance of civil rights struggles, that threatens the agenda of Mitch Daniels as governor, as president of the university, and as someone with national political aspirations.
Posted on: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 21:30:35 +0000
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