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Matias, Cheryl E.; Newlove, Peter M. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2017
Despite boasting its self-characterization as the "land of the free," US American "freedom" is, at times, tainted with historical amnesia, hypocrisy, and inhumanity. This article examines today's socio-political climate by drawing from de Tocqueville's (2003) prediction that American democracy is a tyranny of the majority.…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Freedom, Democracy, Social Attitudes