megimoo
10-11-2009, 12:57 PM
"These Multicultural Swine at the DOE Are Really out to Destroy America.
They are busy rewriting traditional American History to Demonize the European White Man !"
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DR. Donna Sabis-Burns, a team leader with the U.S. Department of Education's School Support and Technology Program, surveyed teachers nationwide about the Columbus reading materials they used in class for her University of Florida dissertation. She examined 62 picture books, and found the majority were outdated and contained inaccurate -- and sometimes outright demeaning -- depictions of the native Taino population.
The federal holiday itself also is not universally recognized. Schools in Miami, Dallas, Los Angeles and Seattle will be open; New York City, Washington and Chicago schools will be closed.The day is an especially sensitive issue in places with larger native American populations.
''We have a very large Alaska native population, so just the whole Columbus being the founder of the United States, doesn't sit well with a lot of people, myself included,'' said Paul Prussing, deputy director of Alaska's Division of Teaching and Learning Support.
Many recall decades ago when there was scant mention of indigenous groups in discussions about Columbus. Kracht remembers a picture in one of his fifth-grade textbooks that showed Columbus wading to shore with a huge flag and cross.
''The indigenous population was kind of waiting expectantly, almost with smiles on their faces,'' Kracht said. '''I wonder what this guy is bringing us?' Well, he's bringing us smallpox, for one thing, and none of us are going to live very long.''
Kracht said an emerging multiculturalism led more people to investigate the cruelties suffered by the Taino population in the 1960s and '70s, along with the 500th anniversary in 1992.
However, there are people who believe the discussion has shifted too far. Patrick Korten, vice president of communications for the Catholic fraternal service organization the Knights of Columbus, recalled a note from a member who saw a lesson at a New Jersey school.
The "(White)" students were forced to stand in a cafeteria and not allowed to eat while other students teased and intimidated them -- apparently so they could better understand the suffering indigenous populations endured because of Columbus, Korten said.
''My impression is that in some classrooms, it's anything but a balanced presentation,'' Korten, said. ''That it's deliberately very negative, which is a matter of great concern because that is not accurate.''
Korten said he doesn't believe such activities are widespread -- though the lessons will certainly vary.
http://www.jordomedia.com/RSS/l_op=viewrss/lid=87831.html
They are busy rewriting traditional American History to Demonize the European White Man !"
snip
DR. Donna Sabis-Burns, a team leader with the U.S. Department of Education's School Support and Technology Program, surveyed teachers nationwide about the Columbus reading materials they used in class for her University of Florida dissertation. She examined 62 picture books, and found the majority were outdated and contained inaccurate -- and sometimes outright demeaning -- depictions of the native Taino population.
The federal holiday itself also is not universally recognized. Schools in Miami, Dallas, Los Angeles and Seattle will be open; New York City, Washington and Chicago schools will be closed.The day is an especially sensitive issue in places with larger native American populations.
''We have a very large Alaska native population, so just the whole Columbus being the founder of the United States, doesn't sit well with a lot of people, myself included,'' said Paul Prussing, deputy director of Alaska's Division of Teaching and Learning Support.
Many recall decades ago when there was scant mention of indigenous groups in discussions about Columbus. Kracht remembers a picture in one of his fifth-grade textbooks that showed Columbus wading to shore with a huge flag and cross.
''The indigenous population was kind of waiting expectantly, almost with smiles on their faces,'' Kracht said. '''I wonder what this guy is bringing us?' Well, he's bringing us smallpox, for one thing, and none of us are going to live very long.''
Kracht said an emerging multiculturalism led more people to investigate the cruelties suffered by the Taino population in the 1960s and '70s, along with the 500th anniversary in 1992.
However, there are people who believe the discussion has shifted too far. Patrick Korten, vice president of communications for the Catholic fraternal service organization the Knights of Columbus, recalled a note from a member who saw a lesson at a New Jersey school.
The "(White)" students were forced to stand in a cafeteria and not allowed to eat while other students teased and intimidated them -- apparently so they could better understand the suffering indigenous populations endured because of Columbus, Korten said.
''My impression is that in some classrooms, it's anything but a balanced presentation,'' Korten, said. ''That it's deliberately very negative, which is a matter of great concern because that is not accurate.''
Korten said he doesn't believe such activities are widespread -- though the lessons will certainly vary.
http://www.jordomedia.com/RSS/l_op=viewrss/lid=87831.html