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Posted 05:19 by Del C
from Alvin @ The Creek
Posted 05:19 by Del C
from Alvin @ The Creek
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 1:13 PM
I was reading an article the other day about how "political correctness" has infected the manufacturers of school text books in the United States. These publishers have to scrub their text so as to not offend anyone.
I'm not making this up.
For instance, these publishers can't even print the legendary The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway. Why not?
"Old" is ageist.
"Man" is sexist.
"Sea" can't be used in case a student lives inland and doesn't grasp the concept of a large body of water.