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Analysis of Objections to Objectivity by Howard Zinn

The article Objections to Objectivity by Howard Zinn discusses the difficulty and near impossibility of recording history accurately and without bias. A person’s life experiences and beliefs can shape the way they interpret historic events, as well as the opinions of Society at the time. Evidence of prejudice in historical accounts can be shown using ancient records, school textbooks and modern media reporting.
One of the earliest instances of such subjective documentation is shown in ancient Egypt. Many ancient Egyptian pharaohs would o...

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