The Lie behind a History
“History is important. If you don't know history it is as if you
were born yesterday. And if you were born yesterday, anybody up there in a
position of power can tell you anything, and you have no way of checking up on
it.”
Howard Zinn
Howard Zinn
Introduction
In this section, I will discuss the article entitled ““Speaking
The Truth to Power with Books”and the author of book, Howard Zinn. This
article was about the truth of America history which was explained by Howard
Zinn, the historian from the Jew who had a different view about Chirtopher
Colombus. He did not considered that Christopher Colombus as the hero but
actually he was the shutter of America. Howard Zinn had explained the real American history is. He consired that the historian
who told Colombus as the hero and the important person for America is wrong. He
teke a different way to talk abot American history and Christopher Colombus. He
assumed that the other historian had lost the part of American history
which was called the crucial part.
Howard Zinn was the sensational historian who had a different thing
with the other historian. He said that history was written by the winners. They
were the historian who could make a history what they want and lost the other
crucial part of history. They as the winner in make a lie because they had a power.
It was like Samuel Elliot Morrison. Zinn did not
like him because he had lost the part of American history and emphasize the
fact that he liked. So, if I give the critic for Zinn, I shall be claiming that Howard Zinn was
not different with Marrison. He had lost many parts of American history. He
also wrote what he want. It was like he had lost the history of America before
Colombus came in America. He didi not wrote who is the real people who found
America.In concluding, I shall show that Howard Zinn was same with the
other historian. He take history from left corner. He wrote what he liked and
lost what is the real.so, he also had made a lie.
Summary
In the article explained that the author has made the book entitled
'A People's History of The United States'. The book was criticized by many
people, it is because the text the reader feel cheated. Readers criticize
errors facts in the history Columbus. They feel there is a fact that is not
exactly true in the early chapters of the book. In his book, Zinn look at the
history of the United States at left corner. He considers that the discoverer
of the America, Christopher Columbus and his group had been doing genocide
(assassin appear a nation or people). American history was a history based on
Zinn was history of little people. Zinn saw American history as a history of
resistance servitude, the right of the origin of the Red Indians. The reader
did not believe in the depravity of the inventor of this continent. They are
known for is the Christopher Columbus was the hero, great inventor, and a pious
book reader.
Zinn poured on his own experience when he made a history book,
and indeed he is a historian. Book entitled 'A People's History Of The
United States (1980)'. The book is really about the history of the
discovery of America and the events that occurred at that time. Zinn does not
glorify and inventor and founding fathers was like Christopher Columbus. In the
Zinn's book, Columbus was considered as a part of American history and the
founding of the continent. However, Zinn did not take sides in Columbus because
Columbus regard Zinn as provocateurs and people who have to bulldoze people's
hard-Americans. Zinn considers Columbus was not a hero, even the hero is said
to be the people that have fought against colonialism Columbus itself. Howard Zinn reveals the depravity
of Columbus, and he did not consider
Columbus as a hero. Zinn someone who cares about the small people. The people
who act as heroes, not Columbus.
Main Body (critic)
Howard
Zinn is a historian who famous when he made a book ‘A People's History Of The United States (1980)’.
That book changed the world. The history about Colombus was
packaged differentlyfrom theprevious. Zinn even different with Marrison or the
other historian. Zinn really attacked Colombus with his statment. He wrote the
real Colombus. it was better than marrison. Zinn brief reveal that howard zinn was a provocator and
the villain. Zinn proud that he caould wrote the real history and different
with Marrison and the other. But, actually there is no the differences between
Marrrison and Zinn. They are same. They had lost a part of America history. They diidi not write the
true history about America. It is like they did not write the history of
America before Colombus came. There was a life before Columbus came! So, the
founding of America was not found by Colombus but Muslim had found it so far before
Colombus come Colombus.
The west
historian even often lost the part of history when they wrote a history. The
author's history is
assumed as a winner. In the Islamic era, the history written during the Abbasid dynasty as a winner in the
history of civilization Islam. In the middle period of the modern era is history
written by the west as a winner and master a variety of information media.
(kisahmuslim.com). moreover howard Zinn is a Jew, which certainly he hate Islam. of course, he does not want to tell the history of the
Muslims who first discovered the continent (America). He removed an important
part of history. whereas, it has no proof In Washington DC there is the Library
of Congress (Library of Congress) that there are U.S. government archives
treaty with the Cherokee tribe (one of the Indian tribes in 1787). In the
archives there is a signature at the time the Cherokee chiefs. So, the fact
about Muslim as the firs visitor in America is valid. (www.suaramerdeka.com)
For Muslims in
the golden era, America is not a 'New World'. Therefore, 603 years
before the Spanish explorers (Columbus) discovered
the continent, Muslim explorers of West Africa has built acivilization in America. Claims
history of west ern states that Columbusas the discoverer of the Americas finally
broken. A series of historians found that Muslim explorers have set foot and
spread Islam on the continent first, even from half amillennium before Columbus.
The conclussion
So, Howard
Zinn is not good historian, he also is same with Marrison. He had lost the part
of history. It is very different with Islam historian. In Abbasiyah era, the
Muslim historian was very careful in writing a history. They keep the original
of history because history is very crucial and we have to keep it. History is
our artefact. If we write the history so we have to make it valid. We have to
care with the history. Actually, the lie also was made by Howard Zinn. There are the lies behind this history. Morrison had made a lie about Columbus
that Columbus as a hero. Howard Sinn brief reveal the real Columbus but he lie
about the history of founding America and the history before Columbus came. So,
don not be easy to believe the history without the evidence.be careful when e
listen the history. We must ensure that the history is valid.
References
Zinn,
Howard. A People's History Of The United States. Amerika Serikat :1980
kisahmuslim.com
www.suaramerdeka.com
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