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Week 1 Forum 1 – I need a paper on a Discussion from Chapter 1 of A Short History of Los Angeles.
Forum #1: Mythology, Nostalgia and Reality
Prompt: One of the problems with history is that it’s often untrue. Political and cultural biases, nostalgia, propaganda and outright falsehoods creep into the public “memory” of a place. Identify at least one issue, trend or characterization evident in this chapter (unit) (unit) or that you found surprising – or at least you think many Los Angelenos would find surprising. Speculate about why you think this person, issue or era is widely misremembered.
