The school officials in California have decided that to be fair to everyone and to afford the students of California a fair, balanced and fat-free education they should try to eliminate all references to junk foods, stereotypes and sexism in the books that they use as text books in the classrooms. So what is on the list of banned phrases Let\'s start with \"Founding Fathers\"!
The powers that be have decided that the term \"Founding Fathers\" is sexist and shouldn\'t be used to teach our students and future generations. Never mind that they were all founders. Never mind that they were all fathers. Never mind that they were our Founding Fathers. It is in appropriate to use the term when describing the group of men, fathers, who took the time out of their lives to come up with one of the greatest nations in the history of the world not to mention The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution.
This is simply going too far and in fact it is a blatant form of censorship inflicted upon our youth by the school officials in California. At the very least it is revisionism that is debasing the very history of the United States of America. It is wrong and it should be stopped. But that is only part of the atrocity.
Because California is one of the largest purchasers of school books in the country scholastic book companies are kowtowing to this incredibly bad idea and changing their books making the whim of those in California effective across the country. That\'s right, the rest of the country has to be affected because Californians don\'t want their precious little bundles of tofu affected by the fact that our country was founded by a group of men who happen to be Fathers!
Among other things that are banned, as if we were citizens within the authority of the Third Reich, women cannot be portrayed as nurses because it is stereotypical. Mt. Rushmore will never be mentioned because it has the potential of being offensive to Lakota Indians even though it is a National Monument. The word
I honestly cannot believe how fast this is moving and it really proves that people are finally noticing the absurdity of erasing our own history because of these ridiculous word games. It feels like the tide is turning and it is honestly wild to see so many people getting just as fired up as I am about what is happening to our textbooks.
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Kim Holmes
23 years ago
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unbelievable. since when is accurate history offensive? leave it be.
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Mike McCarthy
23 years ago
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This is total garbage. You cant just rewrite history because someone gets their feelings hurt over a word. Leave our books alone.
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Sarah Khan
23 years ago
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Ridiculous. My kids need to learn real history not this sanitized version. Stop messing with the textbooks!
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Brenda Griffin
23 years ago
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This is exactly why we need to pay attention to whats in the classroom. Censorship is a slippery slope.
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Dave Shaw
23 years ago
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PC culture has gone way off the rails. They were the founding fathers and thats just a fact of history. Enough is enough.
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Robert Bryant
23 years ago
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So if california does it the whole country has to follow? We need to keep our state standards where they belong. DONT CHANGE THE BOOKS.
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The school officials in California have decided that to be fair to everyone and to afford the students of California a fair, balanced and fat-free education they should try to eliminate all references to junk foods, stereotypes and sexism in the books that they use as text books in the classrooms. So what is on the list of banned phrases Let\'s start with \"Founding Fathers\"!
The powers that be have decided that the term \"Founding Fathers\" is sexist and shouldn\'t be used to teach our students and future generations. Never mind that they were all founders. Never mind that they were all fathers. Never mind that they were our Founding Fathers. It is in appropriate to use the term when describing the group of men, fathers, who took the time out of their lives to come up with one of the greatest nations in the history of the world not to mention The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution.
This is simply going too far and in fact it is a blatant form of censorship inflicted upon our youth by the school officials in California. At the very least it is revisionism that is debasing the very history of the United States of America. It is wrong and it should be stopped. But that is only part of the atrocity.
Because California is one of the largest purchasers of school books in the country scholastic book companies are kowtowing to this incredibly bad idea and changing their books making the whim of those in California effective across the country. That\'s right, the rest of the country has to be affected because Californians don\'t want their precious little bundles of tofu affected by the fact that our country was founded by a group of men who happen to be Fathers!
Among other things that are banned, as if we were citizens within the authority of the Third Reich, women cannot be portrayed as nurses because it is stereotypical. Mt. Rushmore will never be mentioned because it has the potential of being offensive to Lakota Indians even though it is a National Monument. The word
I honestly cannot believe how fast this is moving and it really proves that people are finally noticing the absurdity of erasing our own history because of these ridiculous word games. It feels like the tide is turning and it is honestly wild to see so many people getting just as fired up as I am about what is happening to our textbooks.
6 Comments
K
Kim Holmes
23 years ago
Featured
unbelievable. since when is accurate history offensive? leave it be.
M
Mike McCarthy
23 years ago
Featured
This is total garbage. You cant just rewrite history because someone gets their feelings hurt over a word. Leave our books alone.
S
Sarah Khan
23 years ago
Featured
Ridiculous. My kids need to learn real history not this sanitized version. Stop messing with the textbooks!
B
Brenda Griffin
23 years ago
Featured
This is exactly why we need to pay attention to whats in the classroom. Censorship is a slippery slope.
D
Dave Shaw
23 years ago
Featured
PC culture has gone way off the rails. They were the founding fathers and thats just a fact of history. Enough is enough.
R
Robert Bryant
23 years ago
Featured
So if california does it the whole country has to follow? We need to keep our state standards where they belong. DONT CHANGE THE BOOKS.
unbelievable. since when is accurate history offensive? leave it be.