Historians who distort facts doom the world to repeat mistakes.

Evidence

[S]omebody in each era must make clear the facts with utter disregard to his own wish and desire and belief. What we have got to know, so far as possible, are the things that actually happened in the world… . [T]he historian has no right, posing as scientist, to conceal or distort facts; and until we distinguish between these two functions of the chronicler of human action, we are going to render it easy for a muddled world out of sheer ignorance to make the same mistake ten times over. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 1073

Categorization

• DEFINE: States Du Bois’s standard separating the honest chronicler from the distorting pseudo-scientist — the chapter’s organizing distinction.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 1073
• XREF: connects to: Name redaction prevents the understanding of historical events. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 920; Historical truth stubbornly resists the storyteller s shaping instincts. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 874; Secrecy suppresses knowledge, enforcing historical amnesia. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 1085 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Name redaction prevents the understanding of historical events. #corroborates (0.70) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 920
• Historical truth stubbornly resists the storyteller s shaping instincts. #corroborates (0.60) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 874
• Secrecy suppresses knowledge, enforcing historical amnesia. #corroborates (0.50) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 1085
• Portraits can pierce historical misrepresentation and reveal flawed human nature. #corroborates (0.40) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 1149
• Chronological periodization distorts the meaning of historical processes. #qualifies (0.40)