| | In ''Censorship: Evidence of bias in our children's textbooks'' (1986) Vitz shows how "a widespread secular and liberal mindset" within the professional education community has resulted in the removal of conservative religious, family, and economic descriptions of American life from children's textbooks<ref> ''Library Journal'', Patricia Smith Butcher, 1987 </ref>. Even a person holding to the idea of a "noble pagan" believing in the virtues of hard work, discipline, patriotism, and concern for others has good reason to reject all state-approved social studies textbooks. Through the absence of such ideas, these textbooks make millions of Americans who hold traditional views on marriage, business, and politics seem alien and on the fringe. This is done by excluding accurate descriptions of contemporary religious, marital, economic, and political commitments. Vitz concludes a section discussing the positive effect of lawsuits by black parents on textbooks with "Our present textbooks, therefore, are as antireligious as our earlier books were racist." <ref> ''Censorship: Evidence of Bias in Our Children's textbooks'', [[Paul C. Vitz]], p. 77-78, 83 </ref> | | In ''Censorship: Evidence of bias in our children's textbooks'' (1986) Vitz shows how "a widespread secular and liberal mindset" within the professional education community has resulted in the removal of conservative religious, family, and economic descriptions of American life from children's textbooks<ref> ''Library Journal'', Patricia Smith Butcher, 1987 </ref>. Even a person holding to the idea of a "noble pagan" believing in the virtues of hard work, discipline, patriotism, and concern for others has good reason to reject all state-approved social studies textbooks. Through the absence of such ideas, these textbooks make millions of Americans who hold traditional views on marriage, business, and politics seem alien and on the fringe. This is done by excluding accurate descriptions of contemporary religious, marital, economic, and political commitments. Vitz concludes a section discussing the positive effect of lawsuits by black parents on textbooks with "Our present textbooks, therefore, are as antireligious as our earlier books were racist." <ref> ''Censorship: Evidence of Bias in Our Children's textbooks'', [[Paul C. Vitz]], p. 77-78, 83 </ref> |
| | *Bornstein, M.H., ''The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism'',v. 43 (Spring 1985) p. 330 | | *Bornstein, M.H., ''The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism'',v. 43 (Spring 1985) p. 330 |
| | *Kubovy, Michael, ''American Scientist'' v. 73 (March/April 1985) p. 192-3 | | *Kubovy, Michael, ''American Scientist'' v. 73 (March/April 1985) p. 192-3 |
| | *Rembert, Virginia Pitts, ''Leonardo'' v. 22 no. 2 (1989) p. 270-2 | | *Rembert, Virginia Pitts, ''Leonardo'' v. 22 no. 2 (1989) p. 270-2 |