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Professor Eric Foner defends history

Columbia University
By Aviva Shen

Stephen Colbert quizzed Columbia professor Eric Foner last night on his American history textbook, Give Me Liberty!, automatically making him the most popular professor on campus. The discussion came in the context of the recently declared war on school by the Texas Board of Education. When backed into a corner by Colbert, Foner took the highly controversial position that rewriting history to agree with your personal political views is bad. Check out the full video after the jump.

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  1. foner • March 17, 2010 at 2:09 pm • Reply

    4ever

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  2. I was there! • March 17, 2010 at 2:47 pm • Reply

    and I gave Columbia a shoutout but i think they cut it out of the applause :(

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    • Hillary • March 17, 2010 at 3:29 pm • Reply

      Wait a minute, I was there too! Were you in a Columbia shirt? I think I spotted you sitting in the middle section.

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      • I was there! • March 17, 2010 at 7:03 pm •

        hahah yesss i was kinda in the middle and wearing a grey Columbia shirt; where were u?

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      • Hillary • March 17, 2010 at 10:52 pm •

        I was in the front, in the section second from the right. The guy I was sitting with was the guy the warmup comedian made fun of for looking too excited.

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      • I was there! • March 18, 2010 at 4:08 pm •

        oh hahah those were great seats; lucky!

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  3. texas sucks • March 17, 2010 at 4:14 pm • Reply

    foner > texas

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  4. Jomo • March 19, 2010 at 11:39 am • Reply

    Foner rocks & rules! He da man.

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