He stood at the front of the room next to the chalkboard. His voice sounded like a zipper moving up and down. The yellow chalk he used to weave his sentences together revealed the mood he had for the day.
"I know," he said punctuating the last sentence with a period, "that when the land was stolen from the Native Americans, history was rewritten."
The fresh college students with half-glazed eyes almost jumped from their seats in revolt. They knew from their time going through the public education system that the Indian's land was discovered by Columbus and he was here first.
"I know," the professor continues, "this is not going to sit well with you. Cognitive dissonance, where a person experiences two conflicting beliefs, is welling up inside of you. But, let's look at the facts. Columbus "discovered" a land that was occupied, raped the women, took as slaves the boys and men, destroyed entire populations through disease. This list is only the start."
The professor could see behind the veil. He'd searched for answers for years. Flung this way and that trying to come to some understanding of the truth he'd been told was a lie.
