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DeSantis Wants Colleges to Teach Western Civilization [1]
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Date: 2023-02-01
One of Theodore De Bry's Illustrations for Bartolome de Las Casas's Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies
Journalist: What do you think of Western civilization?”
Mohandas Gandhi: “I think it would be a good idea.”
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis wants Florida public universities to teach a mandatory course in the history of Western Civilization. DeSantis proposes legislation to align Florida’s core curriculum to the “values of liberty and the Western tradition.”
This time I agree with DeSantis. These are some recommendations for topics for the mandatory introductory course on Western Civilization in Florida schools and universities. In fact, I think these topics should be taught in every school, everywhere in the United States. Please add your ideas in the comments.
Proposed Western Civilization Course Outline
Pre-History: Modern Humans Exterminate Neanderthals
Greece: Socrates Denounces Democracy
Rome: Slavery in the Mediterranean
Catholic Church: Rewriting Christianity
Crusades: Slaughter of the Innocent
Bubonic Plague: Ignorance and Epidemic
Inquisition: Spain’s War on Jews and Muslims
Columbian Exchange: Genocide in the Americas
Human Trafficking: Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
Colonization: Grabbing Up the World
Capitalism: Exploitation for Profit
Industrialization: Turning Workers into Factors of Production
Manifest Destiny: Pushing Out Indigenous People
Famine: Ignoring the Suffering of Ireland
Imperialism: Raping Africa and Asia
Jim Crow and the Nuremberg Laws : Pseudo-Scientific Racism
World War 1 and 2: Murdering 100 Million
Fascism and Soviet Communism: Ideology Gone Wild
Holocaust: Exterminating 6 Million Jews
Nuclear Weapons: Threatening Life on Earth
Globalization: Capitalism Out of Control?
Climate Change: The End of Western Civilization?
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