This is a terrible trivialization of history , contributing to the dumbing-down of what students learn . Czitrom wrote an African-American history textbook banned in Texas eight years ago . Daniel Czitrom co- : Massachusetts still putting hard-right conservative stamp on what students learn . Writes : History according to Texas ignores blacks , women , `` America , immigrants , pop culture . It cheats students , trivializes history into pseudo-patriotic cheerleading , he writes .
Czitrom wrote an African-American history textbook banned in Texas eight years ago . Daniel Czitrom co- : Massachusetts still putting hard-right conservative stamp on what students learn . Writes : History according to Texas ignores blacks , women , `` America , immigrants , pop culture . It cheats students , trivializes history into pseudo-patriotic cheerleading , he writes .