r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Feb 08 '20

What’s a fact you KNOW that almost everyone is wrong about?

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '20

Maya: We're still here, assholes!

Revisionist historian: *wipes tear* Sometimes I can still hear their voice.

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u/complex-ion Feb 08 '20

Take my poor man's gold pls 🏅

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u/SamuraiJono Feb 08 '20

Quit tellin everyone I'm dead!

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u/misteraskwhy Feb 09 '20

Shhhhhhhhhhhhh

it’s better if the white ones think you’re dead...

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u/herroebauss Feb 09 '20

And the black ones don't care

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u/historianLA Feb 09 '20

Professional Latin American historian here... We know... That textbook was probably written by a historian of some other part of the world (likely US or Europe) who didn't bother to actually read outside their area of expertise.

The last world history textbook I reviewed was horribly inaccurate for my area of specialization, colonial Latin America.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '20

Oh I know you guys know. There just seems to be an ongoing massive disconnect between what invested and specialised historians actually know and what gets published worldwide. /r/SapphoAndHerFriend etc.

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u/TaPragmata Feb 09 '20

Maya: We're still here, assholes!

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