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Diane Ravitch, a scholar, historian, author and Dept. of Education director under Clinton and Bush, has documented how easy it is for special interest groups to get words banned by pressuring small groups of educators in large states like California. Her book ''The Language Police'' explains how a tiny minority can get textbooks and reference books altered to frame a political mindset which is not reflective of the majority of Americans. <ref>http://mtprof.msun.edu/Win1994/PTrev.html</ref><ref>http://www.yalereviewofbooks.com/archive/summer03/review12.shtml.htm</ref>

'''Diane Ravitch''' is a scholar, historian, author and [[Department of Education]] director under [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] and [[George W. Bush|Bush]]. She has documented how easy it is for [[special interest group]]s to get words banned by pressuring small groups of educators in large states like [[California]]. Her book ''The Language Police'' explains how a tiny minority can get textbooks and reference books altered to frame a political mindset which is not reflective of the majority of Americans. <ref>http://mtprof.msun.edu/Win1994/PTrev.html</ref><ref>http://www.yalereviewofbooks.com/archive/summer03/review12.shtml.htm</ref>

 

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