knowledgeequalsblackpower: cartoonpolitics: A new report has found that proposed textbooks for Texas
knowledgeequalsblackpower:cartoonpolitics:A new report has found that proposed textbooks for Texas students are inaccurate, biased and politicized .. (story here)Keep in mind, the Texas books determine the textbooks of many other states. The findings:A number of government and world history textbooks exaggerate Judeo-Christian influence on the nation’s founding and Western political tradition.Two government textbooks include misleading information that undermines the Constitutional concept of the separation of church and state.Several world history and world geography textbooks include biased statements that inappropriately portray Islam and Muslims negatively.All of the world geography textbooks inaccurately downplay the role that conquest played in the spread of Christianity.Several world geography and history textbooks suffer from an incomplete – and often inaccurate – account of religions other than Christianity.Coverage of key Christian concepts and historical events are lacking in a few textbooks, often due to the assumption that all students are Christians and already familiar with Christian events and doctrine.A few government and U.S. history textbooks suffer from an uncritical celebration of the free enterprise system, both by ignoring legitimate problems that exist in capitalism and failing to include coverage of government’s role in the U.S. economic system.One government textbook flirts with contemporary Tea Party ideology, particularly regarding the inclusion of anti-taxation and anti-regulation arguments.One world history textbook includes outdated – and possibly offensive – anthropological categories and racial terminology in describing African civilization.A number of U.S. history textbooks evidence a general lack of attention to Native American peoples and culture and occasionally include biased or misleading information.One government textbook … includes a biased – verging on offensive – treatment of affirmative action.Most U.S. history textbooks do a poor job of covering the history of LGBT citizens in discussions of efforts to achieve civil rights in this country.Elements of the Texas curriculum standards give undue legitimacy to neo-Confederate arguments about “states’ rights” and the legacy of slavery in the South. While most publishers avoid problems with these issues, passages in a few U.S. history and government textbooks give a nod to these misleading arguments. -- source link
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