© 2020 eNotes.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Many prominent historians—including those who share Zinn’s sense of moral responsibility—have questioned whether Zinn is too quick to idealize the persecuted and demonize the powerful. Again and again, it’s been argued that the murder of the Indians was necessary for the greater good of civilization. European colonists—and the historians who’ve deified them in textbooks—have offered the same explanation for colonial brutality: the ends justified the means. He seems to pick and choose historical data that fits his agenda in an attempt to evoke an emotional response from the reader.He does make some good points pertaining to injustices and misconceptions regarding the idealistic view of history, but unrealistic perceptions are made of the founding and progress of this country.

Reflection Ill A PROLETARIAT’S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES Looking at the first three chapters of A People’s History of the United States I would better title it A Proletariat’s History tot the United States. However, Zinn suggests that some idealization of the Native Americans is justified, not just because of the little we do know about pre-Columbian Native Americans, but because most history textbooks, “Would not have made it through AP Literature without the printable PDFs. He begins.

Indeed, Zinn posits that the desire for more property motivated the early colonists in New England to resort to violence to conquer more territory. But in reality, things might be a little less valiant. Zinn tells this story from the perspective of the Arawak, noting how Columbus, from his first days in the Bahamas, aimed to subjugate the Arawak. , a book about the uprising of the United States from the perspective of the oppressed. It told stories left out of mainstream history books, and it spoke for the voiceless. The New Englanders were willing to kill anyone who obstructed their sovereign right to property and land. Zion asserts that there ere clear contentions between the races that ultimately led to the revolution.Reflection THE BELLIGERENT FEELING OF BEING A RACIST noticed that Howard Zion, the author tot the “controversial” book A People’s History of United States has one purpose and following his goal he is trying to convey his famous ideas that America, no matter how hard it is for us to face it, is not the ultimate guardian of equality, truth and justice it claims to be, The facts are there, in the book, and you can notice them starting from the very single page that introduces the beginning of this “History” book, Maybe this is easier ND probably a satisfactory detail for immigrants to know and believe because am sure that even though people immigrate to America they still store some strong old feelings that are malicious and antagonistic. Our history is an exciting, sometimes appalling, struggle for power and that makes us just like every other country that has ever existed. Of the 2,000 companies who submitted bids for military contracts, only 56 large corporations got them, and they saw their profits skyrocket. I believe Zion feels that students are merely being taught from the viewpoint of a person in power rather than including the views of the oppressed. I had the distinct honor of meeting Zinn when he gave the opening remarks at an adaptation of Grace Paley’s work. It doesn’t resonate because it leads the student to believe that we are all waiting for the next exceptional leader, instead of becoming a force for change in our own communities. Chapter 1 Patriot History of United States… Some of them actually owned large slave plantations. It rejected the false objectivity that colors too many textbooks, and it openly declared its ethical and political allegiances. In Europe, my continent, people are really strange when it comes to racism.

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