Crime against History: Slavery, Race, and 'The 1776 Report'
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| Title: | Crime against History: Slavery, Race, and 'The 1776 Report' |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | William V. Trollinger |
| Source: | New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education. 2025 (186):7-13. |
| Availability: | Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 7 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Education Level: | Elementary Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Politics of Education, Presidents, Federal Legislation, Federal Government, Elementary Secondary Education, United States History, Racism, Nationalism, Patriotism, Slavery, Affirmative Action, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Misconceptions, Misinformation, State Church Separation, Ideology |
| DOI: | 10.1002/ace.20562 |
| ISSN: | 1052-2891 1536-0717 |
| Abstract: | With the 2025 executive order, "Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling," the Trump administration reestablished the 1776 Commission, which produced "The 1776 Report." This article argues that this report, which is an unsubtle response to The 1619 Project, reveals how White Christian Nationalists wish to mandate that a hyper-patriotic American history be taught (at the K-12 level and beyond). In particular, "The 1776 Report" seeks to whitewash and fictionalize US history as regards race and slavery, minimizing the huge gap between the Founders' ideals and the horrors of slavery (which this report elides). Spending very little time on the Civil War, Reconstruction, and Jim Crow, this report rushes to the 1960s. Attacking affirmative action, so-called identity politics, and DEI initiatives--as well as government social programs and allegedly mistaken ideas about the separation of church and state--"The 1776 Report" seeks an illiberal educational system that indoctrinates students in a right-wing ideology. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1474793 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | With the 2025 executive order, "Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling," the Trump administration reestablished the 1776 Commission, which produced "The 1776 Report." This article argues that this report, which is an unsubtle response to The 1619 Project, reveals how White Christian Nationalists wish to mandate that a hyper-patriotic American history be taught (at the K-12 level and beyond). In particular, "The 1776 Report" seeks to whitewash and fictionalize US history as regards race and slavery, minimizing the huge gap between the Founders' ideals and the horrors of slavery (which this report elides). Spending very little time on the Civil War, Reconstruction, and Jim Crow, this report rushes to the 1960s. Attacking affirmative action, so-called identity politics, and DEI initiatives--as well as government social programs and allegedly mistaken ideas about the separation of church and state--"The 1776 Report" seeks an illiberal educational system that indoctrinates students in a right-wing ideology. |
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| ISSN: | 1052-2891 1536-0717 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/ace.20562 |
