James Loewen is a well respected historian, author and historian. When lowen states the quote “At its best, history embodies the triumph of evidence over ideology.” he is talking about about the flawed system in which social studies and history is taught. This quote means that ideally history should be based on hard facts rather than opinions, biases and beliefs. This quote particularly referencing to how textbooks do not embody history at is best, but about white ideology.The quote states that if all history where at its best then nothing would be based on ideology, this is because ideology can different from person to person, and group to group, which leave the history written with an untoned of that person's, or group's biases and beliefs.
