Georgia Senate Passes Resolution Rejecting 'Negative' AP History Exam

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM

The Georgia state senate on Wednesday passed a resolution that denounces the new Advanced Placement U.S. History curriculum and calls on the College Board to return to the old version of the course, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

The resolution states that if the College Board does not return to the previous version of the course, then Georgia must stop funding any trainings or instructional materials related to the class.

State Sen. William Ligon (R) sponsored the resolution in February, and called the new AP U.S. History course framework "a radically revisionist view of American history that emphasizes negative aspects of our nation’s history while omitting or minimizing positive aspects."

The Georgia Senate passed the bill 38-17 in a party-line vote, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

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[lobodons]

1. Georgia Senate Passes Resolution Rejecting

History

[Ed Suspicious]

10. . . . because the facts don't feel good.

I really despise these sorts of "reforms".

[Hissyspit]

2. They just get nuttier and nuttier.

It's an AP course, dickwads. It prepares them for what they WILL hear in college.

[Shrike47]

3. Make sure your kids don't get AP credits! They clutch on to their ignorance with both hands.

[KamaAina]

4. Prof. Sherman could not be reached for comment.

[Scootaloo]

5. So in other words...

American history is a story of white anglophonic christians. But only the wealthy ones, mind.

They might as well demand that the class consist of nothing more than a 2nd grade thanksgiving play, buckled hats and everything

[Ed Suspicious]

11. That's what it made me think of. The pilgrims breaking bread with the natives

in happy, long-lasting, communion.

[alp227]

6. I think "the South will rise again" crowd should just get what they want.

If Southern states are going to continue passing such regressive laws like this, why don't they form the Confederacy already?

[xocet]

7. Given the above, How far off is "Georgia Senate Passes Resolution Rejecting 'Ungodly' Evolution"?

n/t

[YOHABLO]

8. Yeah the truth hurts .. so make sure your kids grow up to be ''Patriots" in denial.

That's like telling German kids to disregard the Nazi regime. If I had kids I wouldn't live in Georgia.

[anotojefiremnesuka]

9. The Race is On! First OK now GA so which Southern State will vote against history next?

Vegas should put up odds in the Red State Race for Ignorance!

I would place a bet on AL they been up to lots of crazy there lately!