Hands off our national myth, er, story – the dynamic driving anti-wokeness ...Middle East

The author says fear is at the root of conservative efforts to censor and whitewash American history. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)Legitimacy and the fear of losing it. That’s at the root of efforts to whitewash teaching that would otherwise tell stark, uncomfortable truths about U.S. history and the impacts that linger today. I’m referring here to the legitimacy of American exceptionalism. There are many who demand homogeneity even on what we agree is our national story. Their unhinged fear is that lack of agreement will lead to doubts about a whole lot of stuff we tell ourselves about our governance – will lead, for instance, to thoughts that our social inequities have been and are

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