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Making Ignorance Sacred Again: Keeping ScOR #7

May 14, 2025·16 min·1 clip

Trump's executive orders seek to ban teaching about transgender issues and white privilege in schools, replacing facts with ideology.

John B. Wynn reads his newsletter essay critiquing the Trump administration's efforts to control historical narratives through executive orders, such as banning teachings on transgender issues and white privilege. He argues that despite backlash, most Americans support honest history education, and progress in facing the nation's past cannot be easily reversed.

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