I’m sorry but this is just cowardice. If you are afraid to teach the truth in a classroom you are a pathetic excuse for a human being. Of course, you’re also much braver than I am for even being willing to face that many young people at once, for any reason.
Downhill Battle are a bunch of fucking muppets who are so enthusiastic about their ideas they’ll never have credibility. Their approach is akin to thinking that rock-throwing and graffiti will actually improve the lot of a political or cultural underclass. Except they don’t even have the excuse of being oppressed in any way. They’re not even starry-eyed idealists. They’re just throwing rocks because it’s cool.
You can read the real story behind the copyright ownership of Eyes on the Prize over at Sharp Tools.
Secretly Ironic 