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"What the book may show is that notions that were bitterly divisive several years ago--diversity, multiculturalism, inclusiveness--are now so widely accepted as to have become entirely standard. Cheney's 'patriotic primer,' for good or ill, looks a great deal like many of the grade-school social studies texts of recent years: a well-intentioned if occasional awkward attempt to satisfy various constituencies, to honor the usual dead white males (the founding fathers et al.), while opening the pantheon to a wider, multihued group."Cheney, Lynne is the author of 'America A Patriotic Primer', published 2002 under ISBN 9780689851926 and ISBN 0689851928.
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