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Re:Unearthing long ignored African writing system, researche... by icegreentea2 on Monday January 02, 2023 @09:32AM (#34218226)
Reminder that historical revisionism is fundamentally just about revisiting and challenging common assumptions and doctrine. It's not accurate to ascribe a common socio-political goal to all people practicing revisionism.

It is accurate to say that there are groups who revise history to achieve the purposes you describe.

It would perhaps also be accurate to say that revisionists who propose histories that are more socio-politically palatable would be more generally successful.

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Re:Unearthing long ignored African writing system, researche... by nemo44x on Monday January 02, 2023 @10:36AM (#34218999)
Indeed. However I believe a lot of what is being not only published but rushed into curriculums is the political type. Examples kb ES would be the 1619 project or the trend in historical movies to aggregate a group of people into a single character but sell it as factual.
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