Instruct: Classify an Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: The truth hurts--so let the catharsis begin!

Loewen's insightful writing cuts like a knife on the soul of the U.S., excising a sociological tumor that needs be removed: the misteaching of the history of this country. In a well-researched volume, he demonstates how misinformation and fear of teaching anything less than patriotic have damaged the thinking of our country's populus. As an African American and Native American reader, I find the book flushes to the surface the pain of having been marginalized and misrepresented in the annals of this country's story. Both European Americans and People of Color will, no doubt, find it cathartically challenging and refreshing as an aid to begin rethinking critically the road this nation has taken. Quite simply, the book should be considered mandatory reading by all who are concerned about the state of this society.