Kimmel Accuses Georgia of Passing ‘American History: White People Edition’

ABC late night host Jimmy Kimmel’s hatred for Republicans was on full display yet again during his Tuesday show as he falsely accused Georgia of passing a bill that was tantamount to “American History: White People Edition.” In reality, the bill targeted the divisive left-wing racial discourse. 

During opening monologue, Kimmel claimed that “the State Senate passed a bill that will limit discussions about race from kindergarten to 12th grade. The bill ‘Would prohibit schools and local school systems from advocating divisive concepts.’ In other words, ‘Don’t talk about racism and there won’t be any,’ I guess. Instead, there would be a focus on what lawmakers call patriotic education.” 

Kimmel then introduced a satirical instructional video “to help history teachers comply” where the narrator introduced the new curriculum as “American History: White People Edition.”

The narrator, who clearly had no idea what Georgia was trying to accomplish, informed the audience:

America was founded in 1776 when Jesus Washington landed on Mount Rushmore to declare, ‘I have a dream.’ These are the Founding Fathers. As you can see, they are all white. You can’t miss them! HamiltonNone at all. Later, there was a civil war between two good sides. 1862, President Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation, making America officially not racist. And Lincoln was a Republican which means Republicans love black people the most. Go ahead and sit up front, Rosa, you’re welcome. 1964, Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act, making America officially totally not racist for real. 1980, The Gipper makes America great. 2008, Barack Obama [bleep]It’s all good. 2016 Trump is back to his best, Brandon [bleep] the bed and now everything sucks forever. 

After a video of Trump declaring, “The American dream is dead,” the video concluded, “And that’s “American History: White People Edition” brought to you by the Georgia Department of Education, which reminds you, “[bleep] teachers, eat peaches!” 

It’s not surprising that Kimmel misrepresented the bill. The bill actually defines what constitutes a divisive topic and gives nine examples and “don’t talk about racism” isn’t one of them. In fact, the law clearly says that it should not construed to “Prohibit the use of curricula that addresses the topics of slavery, racial oppression, racial segregation, or racial discrimination.” Nor would it make sense for a patriotic education to claim the Civil War had “two good sides.”

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The transcript of the April 5, 2018 show is available here:

ABC Jimmy Kimmel Live

4/5/2022

11.48 AM ET

JIMMY KIMMEL: You know; Marjorie represents the 14th district of Georgia where the State Senate passed a bill that will limit discussions about race from kindergarten to 12th grade. The bill “Would prohibit schools and local school systems from advocating divisive concepts.” In other words, “Don’t talk about racism and there won’t be any,” I guess. Instead, there would be a focus on what lawmakers call patriotic education. The governor, Brian Kemp, will almost certainly sign this into law. And the Georgia Department of Education has already started making new instructional videos to help history teachers comply. 

NARRATOR: The Georgia Department of Education presents — “American History: White People Edition.” America was founded in 1776 when Jesus Washington landed on Mount Rushmore to declare, “I have a dream.” These are our Founding Fathers. As you can see, they are all white. You can’t miss them! Hamiltonat all. Later, there was a civil war between two good sides. 1862, President Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation, making America officially not racist. And Lincoln was a Republican which means Republicans love black people the most. Go ahead and sit up front, Rosa, you’re welcome. 1964, Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act, making America officially totally not racist for real. 1980, The Gipper makes America great. 2008, Barack Obama [bleep]It’s all good. 2016 Trump is back to his best, Brandon [bleep] the bed and now everything sucks forever. 

DONALD TRUMP: The American dream has ended.

NARRATOR: And that’s “American History: White People Edition” brought to you by the Georgia Department of Education, which reminds you, “[bleep] teachers, eat peaches!” 

KIMMEL – And eat your hearts out! Schoolhouse Rock.