Why We Homeschool Part 5 – Rewriting History to Fit Social Liberal Narrative

Originally published on September 23, 2019.
Last Updated on March 2, 2024.

So Laura Ingles Wilder was a total racist and the history she documented in her Little House on the Prairies must be erased.

https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-us-canada-44604844

The US Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has removed Laura Ingalls Wilder’s name from one of its awards over racist views and language.

For one who grew up with my mother reading Little House on the Prairie as a child, I’m disappointed but not at all surprised that Laura Ingles Wilder novels are under attack.  Her storytelling and characters were rich and broad creating visions in my young mind of the prairies before they were planted with both trees and people.  Loved those stories.

As a homeschooling parent, we don’t cater to the Social Justice Warriors.  We don’t do book burning.  Your feelings are less important than the education we are giving our children. We enjoy ‘period pieces’ with the knowledge that while history repeats itself, that we live in different times and sensibilities have changed.  Would I use some of the language found in LHOHP today?  Probably not.  But I’m also not willing to erase my history and the history of North America because of a few hurt feelings.