Texas Ruling Changes US Textbooks

Recently, the Texas State Board of Education decided to change the curriculum of Texas textbooks. They decided that Texan students needed to learn a more enriching version of history, one not clouded with the liberal agenda, and that the students in Texas needed to learn of their conservative roots. Why do I care? Because it just so happens that Texas happens to be a leading state in the textbook industry. The number of books printed for Texas school districts is enormous, and the number makes textbook companies often cater to those students. As a result, American students get textbooks that were made specifically to cover Texas requirements. Again, who cares? Well let's just look at the changes that will be made in the textbooks that our younger siblings, cousins, nephews, and nieces might be reading in the future, and you can decide if you should care or not. (The title links you to the unbiased story, the rest of this post will be my take on this event.)
1) A Reduced Scope of Latino Influence- So Texas, one of the states on the higher end of illegal immigration, decides to try and eradicate the influence of the Hispanic population from their textbooks. They are literally trying to erase Hispanic culture from the history books.
2) A Positive Portrayal of Cold War Era Anticommunism- When I saw this, I read "Let's celebrate McCarthy as an American hero, and forget all the innocent people he had arrested and prosecuted!" That's dumb. There wasn't much positive about the witch hunt that went on in the sixties in the name of capitalism, and I would appreciate it if textbooks showed the truth.
3) A Recommendation to Recognize Country Music As a Great Cultural Movement- I have no problem with this, country music is a great cultural movement. But wait a second...Hip-hop was removed from the same list as a part of the bill. Well that is just some bull. What makes the country music surge more of a cultural movement than hip-hop? Especially when the rise of hip-hop represents the rise of African-American culture after years of subjugation? Hmm.....maybe race has something to do with it? Nah, I'm not touching that one.
Anyway, there are more effects of the ruling, so click on the link, read it, and weigh in on this post via the comments.