Reader’s Reviews > A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present > Status Update

I like that the book discusses the way historical atrocities are taught in school. How the education system brags about the “benefits” and downplays the atrocities. Like writing about Columbus & saying “Yeah he did commit genocide causing Native women to drown their own babies out of desperation, but hey, man can this man sail a ship!” Even as a kid I hated Columbus. I wanted to learn more about the Natives.