From Crayons to Condoms by Steve Baldwin

Author:Steve Baldwin
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: WND Books
Published: 2008-10-26T04:00:00+00:00

Indoctrination

CHAPTER SEVEN

LAND THAT I LOATHE

MULTICULTURALISM” is a popular buzz word in today’s schools, and there’s nothing wrong with learning about other cultures. But that’s not what our schools mean by “multiculturalism.” The schools’ use of “multiculturalism” makes all cultures morally equal. For example, a primitive culture in South America that engages in human sacrifice has the same value as the American culture.

But it sometimes goes beyond that. Some cultures and religions are promoted in the classrooms and in the textbooks as superior to America’s Judeo-Christian culture. The “melting pot” concept has largely disappeared from the schools. No longer do schools stress what unites Americans; rather, schools increasingly teach the evils of our own culture and the moral superiority of other cultures.

In the past, we weren’t hyphenated Americans; we were simply Americans, a united people with a single purpose and with pride in our country. People of differing cultures still recognized and honored their own beliefs and customs but proudly considered themselves Americans. Schools taught about different cultures, and, if students in the class wanted to share something about a country other than the United States, they were invited to do so. It wasn’t called “multiculturalism”; it was called sharing information and educating children.

Anti-Bias Curriculum

Our state Department of Education recommends Anti-Bias Curriculum Tools for Empowering Young Children, published by the National Association for the Education of Young Children in Washington, D.C., for kindergarten through third grade.1 It is also recommended for preschools across the nation. I was shocked when I first learned about this widely used curriculum for young children.

My two daughters attended a government-sponsored day care. At one point, the center sponsored a meeting for parents to introduce its new Anti-Bias Curriculum. A short video was shown but no specifics were given to explain what was planned. One teacher did tell us about an experiment they conducted in my two-year-old’s class. She explained how they compared the classic flesh-colored Band-Aid to a black child’s hand and discovered that it didn’t match. The students then wrote to the company but the company would not change the color. However, the company did send clear Band-Aids to the students.

I doubt that two-year-olds understand the concept of a “company” or that the “company” is allegedly doing something wrong. I do believe that such an experiment would point out to even a two-year-old that he is different and would make him feel awful.

Some of the recommendations in Anti-Bias Curriculum include telling innocent little children that Thanksgiving Day is a day of mourning, because the white settlers killed off the Indians and stole their land. One of the teachers argued that they had to present these alternative viewpoints. I then spoke with an American Indian activist from the Red Cloud Society. She was not aware that Thanksgiving Day was considered a day of mourning or that wearing an Indian princess costume was considered a sign of disrespect. She did acknowledge that some American Indians protest Columbus Day and disapprove of some of the usage of Indian names.

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