James Loewen uses this powerful quote from Helen Keller to help demonstrate how Americans have allowed themselves to have false, sanitized history taught in public schools.
Some of the main characters in the book are Woodrow Wilson (and his racism), Helen Keller (and her socialist views), and Christopher Columbus (and his enslavement of Native Americans).
This is the main conflict of the book, where Loewen talks about the deep rooted Eurocentrism in our culture versus our Nation's changing times and growing diversity
James Loewen wrote an amazing book full of debate starters, real facts, and gives a pair of scissors to anyone caught in the web of lies textbooks have weaved. Please read it.