Histories Maladies :: essays research papers

It seems these days that our worlds narration is becoming more and more misconstrued and misused. Everywhere you look or read about(predicate) history, someone has made a massive blunder. Facts become fiction and fiction fact. And its always done so to someone or some groups benefit.Take the history of slavery, for example. This always controversial subject has been a key element in the history of our United States of America for many generations, and will be for many more. hardly the truth, rather the complete truth is not taught in school. Why? Because if it was there are certain groups of people that would be outraged. This is not a racist or prejudiced view, only if people who seem to believe that others should be held accountable for what their ancestors did to the others ancestors will always hold a compulsive voice in what is taught in history.Where did this point come from? Simple as we all know, native Africans were sold into slavery during American colonial times. Tha t has never been disputed. What is not taught, however, is who sold them into slavery. And why is that? Because if it were taught, that controlling minority would lose its control, not just over history, nevertheless politics, education and more.And whats more about slavery is that it wasnt only Africans who were sold into slavery during the course of mankind, but also Jews, Arabs, Irish, Scottish, English, Germans... The list goes on. In fact, every major ethnicity or nationality has had members of its ancestry enslaved at some point in time. Its nothing that hasnt been performed for eons. but why do we concentrate so hard on the slavery of Africans? Because we have to.Another problem with history as it is taught is religious persecution. Christianity for many centuries has complained that it is persecuted constantly throughout history. Yes, thats true, but Christianity fails to point out that it itself is one of the worst religions when it comes to persecuting other religions. T he Crusades are a prime example of persecution performed by Christianity. No religion is exempt from having been persecuted or having performed persecution. But were not allowed to know that.The Jewish religion is another example. Always one of the most fiercest anti-Christian religions, Judaism is known for being persecuted. Although true enough that their religion has most emphatically suffered the worst religious abuse they too participate in the active destruction of other religions.