Volume 11, Issue 6. 1980

Themes:

racism; sexism; multiculturalism; whitewashing; Black history; Native American; stereotypes; educational testing; educational disabilities; institutional classism

Contributors, Consultants, and Reviewers:

Patricia B. Campbell, Jeana Wirtenberg, Eloise Scott, Irma Garcia, Howard N. Meyer, Mary Lou Byler, Pat Campbell, Donald Kao, Jane Pennington, Emily Strauss Watson, Jan M. Goodman, Doris Seale, Anne G. Toensmeier, Lyla Hoffman, Charles W. Lee

Materials Reviewed:

Sequoyah, Cherokee Hero by Joanne Oppenheim. Amazon / WorldCat
Women in Sports: Records, Stars, Feats, and Facts by Louis Phillips and Karen Markoe. Amazon / WorldCat
Sea Glass by Laurence Yep. Amazon / WorldCat
Hi, Mrs. Mallory! by Ianthe Thomas. Amazon / WorldCat
Like It Is: Facts and Feelings About Handicaps From Kids who Know by Barbara Adams. Amazon / WorldCat
Daugthers of Eve by Lous Duncan. Amazon / WorldCat
The Mishomis Book: The Voice of the Ojibway by Edward Benton-Benai. Amazon / WorldCat
Special Friends by Terry Berger. Amazon / WorldCat
Moving the Mountain: Women Working for Social Change by Ellen Cantarow with Susan Gushee O'Malley and Sharon Hartman Strom. Amazon / WorldCat
Me and Einstein: Breaking Through the Reading Barrier by Rose Blue. Amazon / WorldCat
Journey to the Bright Kingdom by Elizabeth Winthrop. Amazon / WorldCat
The Adventures of Wutz Fair and B. Justice by Sylvia Spring. Amazon / WorldCat

Materials Highlighted:

Print and Prejudice by S. G. Zimet
Characters in Textbooks: A Review of the Literature by U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Fair Textbooks: A Resource Guide by U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
The Urban R's: Race relations as the Problem in Urban Ed. by R. Dentler and B. Mackler, eds.
The Effects of a Primary-grade Level Inter-ethnic Curriculum on Racial Prejudice by R. Westphal
Sexism and Language by Aileen Pace Nisen et al., eds.
Dick and Jane as Victims: Sex Stereotyping on Children's Books by Women on Words and Images
Women in Educational Testing by C. K. Tittle, K.A. McCarthy, and J. F. Steckler
Psychological Testing by A. Anastasi
Psychological Testing of American Minorities by R. J. Samuda
Early Conceptions and Tests of Intelligence by J. Peterson
Testing Black Children by L. Miller
The Groundings With My Brothers by Walter Rodney
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney
A History of the Upper Guinea Coast, 1545-1800 by Walter Rodney
Guyanese Sugar Plantations in the Late Nineteenth Century by Walter Rodney

Keywords:

racism, sexism, textbooks, Commission on Civil Rights, National Education Association (NEA), multicultural, whitewashing, self-esteem, terminology, Black history, research, Black studies, Inuit, Native American, American Indian, stereotypes, non-sexist, anti-racist, mass media, representation, self-concept, testing, Gloria Milton, Thomas Donlon, Educational Testing Service, numerical analysis, Carol Dwyer, California Achievement Test, Iowa Test of Basic Skills, Stanford Achievement Test, IQ Testing, educational disabilities, Eurocentrism, institutional classism, English, Carol Tittle, evaluation criteria, Latin America, interlocking oppressions, World Council on Churches, colonization, Gerard Pierre-Charles, Caribbean, liberation struggles, Bertha Vargas, Quince Duncan, Costa Rica, Eufrosina Rodriguez, William Shockley, Spanish, bilingual, tourism, consciousness-raising, Costa Rica Consultation, imperialism, bias, American Library Association (ALA), Fourteenth Amendment, Racism and Sexism Awareness Resolution, Intellectual Freedom Round Table, Social Responsibility Round Table (SRRT), First Amendment, Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF), American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Howard N. Meyer, librarians, neutrality, Nancy Larrick, publishing, censorship, Walter B. Rodney, Working People's Alliance (WPA), Guyana, socialism, Pan-Africanism, Liberation Bookstore, disability, Human Policy Press, Red Ball Films, Chicana Rights Project, child care, day care, Women's History Research Center, GMG Publications, Children's Defense Fund, EDC/WEEAP, The Feminist Press, The Great Women Card Co., Tricontinental Films, Unifilm, Klu Klux Klan (KKK), Akwesasne Notes, Thanksgiving