"I think our textbooks should to our greatest capacity be free of any type of stereotyping," said Sue Stickel, deputy superintendent for curriculum and instruction for the California Department of Education (search). "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."So isn't that a stereotype in itself? The gutless bureaucrat? The simpering twit?
WHY do we need to make sure all ethnicities are represented? Who worried whether Italians were represented in the 1960's? Who worried that Sally was baking a cake and needed four ounces of sugar: How many cups did Sally need?
I shudder for our children and our country. We are in the process of killing ourselves and our civilization.
"I shudder for our children and our country. We are in the process of killing ourselves and our civilization."
Death by a thousand cuts.