Jonathan Dusenbury

Letter to the Editor: History wrongfully adjusted

I was inordinately shocked and appalled by the comments made on Hakeem Jefferson’s column Feb. 11 lamenting the elevation of African-American history to the same level we give white history. One could almost believe we never pay special attention to the historical contributions made by Caucasians but instead have, as a society, become bogged down in some sort of campaign of white-man demonization. Silly me, but I remember quite vividly being taught the history of the United States and of Europe in high school and college and that white historical actors were at the forefronts of those narratives.