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2 minutes that would have had Thomas Jefferson facepalming for America.

In 2010, the Texas Board of Education approved new standards for the state’s textbooks. Some of the fun highlights: Separation of church and state is a myth, Japanese internment during WWII wasn’t racist, and Title IX had a whole host of bad unintended consequences (like, you know, furthering gender equality).

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Alvin Melathe


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