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To: DeuceTraveler
I've tried to review my kids' history textbooks and I really haven't seen this type of censorship. We're in Arizona but supposedly the textbook companies write their copy to suit the school boards in the big states---New York, Texas and California. Hmmmm, I'll have to look at the next book my kid gets. At least he's in a charter school. Thanks for posting this!
4 posted on 04/30/2003 10:03:14 AM PDT by TenthAmendmentChampion (Read my historical romance novels online at http://Writing.Com/authors/vdavisson)
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To: TenthAmendmentChampion
I think these rules have just been adopted so we won't see the changes until new textbooks are actually published and printed.

"We need to make sure that all ethnicities are represented. We need to make sure that both males and females are represented. We need to make sure that our materials cover the full gamut."

Gee, then why not just change Abe Lincoln to a black man and Robert E. Lee to a woman? Teddy Roosevelt can be Mexican, and FDR can be Gay (no wait, he was disabled, so we'll leave him), er... Truman can be Gay. Eisenhower can be transgender and JFK can be a pedophile. Now, have I made sure American history covers the full gamut of diversity?

9 posted on 04/30/2003 10:14:52 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
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