COUNTERPOINT
The sixth-grade classroom in America has become the battle ground for geo-politically charged fights where the anti-Hindu biases of the academicians are ruling the roost. Is the sixth-grade classroom the right place to prosecute an American minority
How religions are treated in California textbooks | ||||
Topic | I | J | C | H |
Women are shown equal to men? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Oppression of certain groups is discussed? | No | No | No | Yes |
Beliefs are considered as historical fact? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Own leaders’ interpretations are emphasized? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Treated as a world religion without social/political issues of any foreign country? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
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“No religious belief or practice may be held up to ridicule and no religious group may be portrayed as inferior,”
"Textbooks should instill a sense of pride in every child in his or her heritage."
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Public Process | I | J | C | H |
Organized community groups are lobbying for change? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Have academics protested against the community’s activism? | No | No | No | Yes |
Did Education Board bring hostile academics as advisors? | No | No | No | Yes |
Are advocates of the religion being branded as “chauvinists”, “fundamentalists”, “nationalists”…? | No | No | No | Yes |
Is politics from the mother country driving the academic scholars? | No | No | N/A | Yes |
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I: Islam J: Judaism C: Christianity H: Hinduism
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