The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students LearnKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2007年12月18日 - 288 頁 If you’re an actress or a coed just trying to do a man-size job, a yes-man who turns a deaf ear to some sob sister, an heiress aboard her yacht, or a bookworm enjoying a boy’s night out, Diane Ravitch’s internationally acclaimed The Language Police has bad news for you: Erase those words from your vocabulary! Textbook publishers and state education agencies have sought to root out racist, sexist, and elitist language in classroom and library materials. But according to Diane Ravitch, a leading historian of education, what began with the best of intentions has veered toward bizarre extremes. At a time when we celebrate and encourage diversity, young readers are fed bowdlerized texts, devoid of the references that give these works their meaning and vitality. With forceful arguments and sensible solutions for rescuing American education from the pressure groups that have made classrooms bland and uninspiring, The Language Police offers a powerful corrective to a cultural scandal. |
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第 9 頁
... WOMEN AND PATCHWORK QUILTING The bias and sensitivity reviewers rejected a passage about patchwork quilting by women on the western frontier in the mid - nineteenth cen- tury . The passage explained that mothers in that time taught ...
... WOMEN AND PATCHWORK QUILTING The bias and sensitivity reviewers rejected a passage about patchwork quilting by women on the western frontier in the mid - nineteenth cen- tury . The passage explained that mothers in that time taught ...
第 10 頁
... women as people who stitch and sew , and who were concerned about preparing for marriage . Historical accuracy was no defense for this representation of women and girls , which they deemed stereotypical . THE BLIND MOUNTAIN CLIMBER One ...
... women as people who stitch and sew , and who were concerned about preparing for marriage . Historical accuracy was no defense for this representation of women and girls , which they deemed stereotypical . THE BLIND MOUNTAIN CLIMBER One ...
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... women as overly concerned about their appearance and easily deceived by flattering men . The fact that this gender ... woman flattering a man or a guy flattering another guy or a woman flattering another woman , but at least we were able ...
... women as overly concerned about their appearance and easily deceived by flattering men . The fact that this gender ... woman flattering a man or a guy flattering another guy or a woman flattering another woman , but at least we were able ...
第 14 頁
... woman who constantly changed her mind ; apparently women , and especially women of a certain age , must be depicted only in a positive light . Why would it upset or distract fourth - grade chil- dren to see an older woman acting ...
... woman who constantly changed her mind ; apparently women , and especially women of a certain age , must be depicted only in a positive light . Why would it upset or distract fourth - grade chil- dren to see an older woman acting ...
第 17 頁
... Women . The bias reviewers disliked the story . They wanted no reference to Bethune's son , because the story couldn't mention the son without mentioning his father . If it mentioned the father , it would have to acknowledge that ...
... Women . The bias reviewers disliked the story . They wanted no reference to Bethune's son , because the story couldn't mention the son without mentioning his father . If it mentioned the father , it would have to acknowledge that ...
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