Should history be abolished in Illinois' schools?

[VIDEO] When I first heard about this I thought it was madness. He doesn't want history to be taught in our schools. In fact the headlines I saw was that he wanted it abolished until there was a an "appropriate alternatives" are created. State Rep. LaShawn Ford in his statement you see in this soundbite from CBS tells us the many groups from Blacks to Latinos to LGBTQ are not accurately portrayed in their historic contributions.

History was one of my favorite subjects in school. I like learning about the many different things that have occurred through history. There are quite a few stories we can learn from. At this current time US history seems to be under attack as our nation hadn't adequately dealt with certain aspects of the Civil War and its aftermath in addition to issues of slavery.

I'm also reminded that while many of our founding fathers had owned slaves it's best to remember their many accomplishments in their day. As far as the contributions of the many different groups of people in our history, as opposed to "abolishing" history this should be an opportunity to encourage our students to look beyond what's in their textbooks and do further research on certain aspects of history that interests them.