1331. Great article about what we hear about history that may not be actually truth! from Meridian Magazine
This is a very thoughtful and perceptive article about what we notice about history and what may be sensationalized! It’s Time to Stop Calling Your Grandpa a Liar By Jacob Z. Hess · August 17, 2021 The following first appeared in Public Square Magazine . Part one in a video series on history and truth in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, with a specific focus on the growing cottage industry of “Mormon”-oriented podcasts and social media influencers, and more especially those whom they have managed to persuade. How many of you were taught in your American history class about a period where the CIA supported Latin America coups and even some of the right-wing dictators who took over ? Or maybe you heard about tens of thousands of poor, mentally ill, and racial minority folks forcibly sterilized in the last century on U.S. soil for being considered “unfit to procreate”? If not, is that because your American history teacher was simply “lying to you”? Of course not