History

Question 1

White washed history

Answer 1

El Dorado is more than Spanish gold which is why it could not exist

(History requires patriarchal grand narratives that portray the white male as powerful or dominant)

Question 2

Blurred lines between fact and fiction

Answer 2

All the men who now live with mermaids at the bottom of the sea. Or the people who found Atlantis. When the pilgrim fathers set sail

Question 3

History changing the past

Answer 3

Very often history is a means of denying the past

People have never had a problem disposing of the past when it gets too difficult

Question 4

How controlling history tailors history to your needs

Answer 4

Here is some advice. If you want to keep your own teeth, make your own sandwich

Question 5

Louie controlling Jeanette’s family history

Answer 5

‘I’m your mother’, she said very quietly. ‘She was a carrying case’