Let's Rewrite History: "Abraham Lincoln was just another evil white rascist"
I was reading through the African-American magazine Ebony the other day (while sitting in my Spanish-speaking-only barber shop waiting to get a haircut.) I came across a full page advertisement declaring that the secret racism of Abraham Lincoln is now revealed in the book Forced into Glory: Abraham Lincoln's White Dream!
The remainder of the claims in the ad were blatantly offensive to me (a white guy from Illinois, a history buff, and an admirer of Lincoln). The claims in fact were slanderous, stupid and an obvious attempt to rewrite history and all the known facts about Abe Lincoln.
After googling this book though, I found several reviews giving this book undue respect.
I found one reasonable review - "Forced into Glory" Book Review by Edward Steers, Jr. that addresses the books more obvious political, not historical, agenda.
I'm just amazed at how revisionist history like this can be popularized and then presented in full-page magazines geared towards blacks only under the disguise of scholarly research. Its has the full intention of only causing anger, hatred, and resentment.
Lincoln himself was an amazing non-racist human being and suffered more pain and agony over his fight against the evils of slavery than most any of us today could dare imagine. It's a real shame and an embarassment to me that a present day black author would try to systematically dismantle Lincoln's character to the black American populace today.
The remainder of the claims in the ad were blatantly offensive to me (a white guy from Illinois, a history buff, and an admirer of Lincoln). The claims in fact were slanderous, stupid and an obvious attempt to rewrite history and all the known facts about Abe Lincoln.
After googling this book though, I found several reviews giving this book undue respect.
I found one reasonable review - "Forced into Glory" Book Review by Edward Steers, Jr. that addresses the books more obvious political, not historical, agenda.
I'm just amazed at how revisionist history like this can be popularized and then presented in full-page magazines geared towards blacks only under the disguise of scholarly research. Its has the full intention of only causing anger, hatred, and resentment.
Lincoln himself was an amazing non-racist human being and suffered more pain and agony over his fight against the evils of slavery than most any of us today could dare imagine. It's a real shame and an embarassment to me that a present day black author would try to systematically dismantle Lincoln's character to the black American populace today.
3 Comments:
true dat g. here is proof that abe was a white racist cracker: http://www.lincolnpetition.friendpages.com
It's sad to see so many 'educated' men who are no longer capable of setting aside their presuppositions for a minute to read the facts about our 'honest Abe.'
I'm sorry sir, but the facts remain that Lincoln said the things he said, and better men then you have tried to bury them
Ed~
American negroes will never admit that despite the pain that their ancestors endured during slavery, they are far better off today than if still stuck on their cursed disease ridden continent, a/k/a Africa. They should thank their ancestors, as well as Mr. Lincoln, b/c most people (if free to say what they really think) would admit that 600,000 deaths during the civil war were harldly worth the price for what far too many American negroes have become today - childish, embittered, self-loathing, lazy, violent and degerate human beings who not only live in the past, but even maintain speech patterns from centuries ago! If they really hate it here, there is always the miracle of modern aviation to whisk them back "home" to a society that never progressed beyond the tribal stage.
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