Sounds like an interesting book. I might have to check and see if my school library has it in stock sometime and check it out.
I think it's an admirable thing to be conscious and respectful of other people's thoughts and feelings... but only up until the point that it is practical and ethical to do so. I mean, really, rewriting history, being purposefully disingenuous, or neglecting to punish overtly bad behavior so that it doesn't "offend" someone is crossing the line. It's going to be a real slap in the face for some of the kids growing up under these types of influences when they get out into the job market someday and find that they don't have the social skill set to cope with negativity.
I think it's an admirable thing to be conscious and respectful of other people's thoughts and feelings... but only up until the point that it is practical and ethical to do so. I mean, really, rewriting history, being purposefully disingenuous, or neglecting to punish overtly bad behavior so that it doesn't "offend" someone is crossing the line. It's going to be a real slap in the face for some of the kids growing up under these types of influences when they get out into the job market someday and find that they don't have the social skill set to cope with negativity.
yeh but it goes to the point of "I don't like my son's history book, it dosen't mention enough disabled people in history"
"I don't like my daughter's science book, it dosen't mention enough African American women in the science fields
"this littature book is offensive, it dosen't have enough stories writen by older Native American authors"
"this kid's story book has to many boy characters, not enough positive handicaped ones and all the old people have bad sterotypes attached to them, plus they called the boy dog a "he" animals are not he's and she's. Plus the kids are brats in this book, and wear costumes and talk about Santa claus and pick up frogs"
"I don't like my daughter's science book, it dosen't mention enough African American women in the science fields
"this littature book is offensive, it dosen't have enough stories writen by older Native American authors"
"this kid's story book has to many boy characters, not enough positive handicaped ones and all the old people have bad sterotypes attached to them, plus they called the boy dog a "he" animals are not he's and she's. Plus the kids are brats in this book, and wear costumes and talk about Santa claus and pick up frogs"