Education has been the strongest equalizer to right the wrongs of the founding and history of America through the enslavement of African people and their descendants. The administration’s attacks on higher education, and public education generally, appear to be designed to re-write a dishonest history and erase the rich culture of all non-white Americans. Regardless of politics, our history is what it is and is only remedied by truth, understanding, and atonement. The scholarship, research, and learning at Princeton and other institutions is needed to continue our country’s path forward. Subversion cannot be the way our government leaders responds to things they don’t like.
Education has been the strongest equalizer to right the wrongs of the founding and history of America through the enslavement of African people and their descendants. The administration’s attacks on higher education, and public education generally, appear to be designed to re-write a dishonest history and erase the rich culture of all non-white Americans. Regardless of politics, our history is what it is and is only remedied by truth, understanding, and atonement. The scholarship, research, and learning at Princeton and other institutions is needed to continue our country’s path forward. Subversion cannot be the way our government leaders responds to things they don’t like.