Comments on: Not so bland please http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/02/13/not-so-bland-please/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:00:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: ripples http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/02/13/not-so-bland-please/#comment-672 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/02/13/not-so-bland-please/#comment-672 There was this discussion on a local Chicago radio station on this (conducted by UC professor, Milt Rosenburg). It was really shocking to hear that the education board is reconsidering using few Classics such as Adventures of Tom Sawyer etc. because they have some racially biased language and content. I think by trying to shield the kids from different biases, we are just building ignorance. "Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it". Worse yet, if you do not know history! There was this discussion on a local Chicago radio station on this (conducted by UC professor, Milt Rosenburg). It was really shocking to hear that the education board is reconsidering using few Classics such as Adventures of Tom Sawyer etc. because they have some racially biased language and content. I think by trying to shield the kids from different biases, we are just building ignorance. “Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it”. Worse yet, if you do not know history!

]]> by: Shanti http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/02/13/not-so-bland-please/#comment-673 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/02/13/not-so-bland-please/#comment-673 I totally agree with you there, ripples! What next? Changing "Gone with the Wind" to remove the mammy scenes? I think acceptance and understanding of why things are the way they are is a lot more important than to pretend they never existed. I totally agree with you there, ripples! What next? Changing “Gone with the Wind” to remove the mammy scenes? I think acceptance and understanding of why things are the way they are is a lot more important than to pretend they never existed.

]]> by: Gaurav http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/02/13/not-so-bland-please/#comment-674 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/02/13/not-so-bland-please/#comment-674 This is hilarious. Maybe the education board would like to give everyone a number to be identified by, like in Ayn Rand's Anthem. This is hilarious. Maybe the education board would like to give everyone a number to be identified by, like in Ayn Rand’s Anthem.

]]> by: Patrix http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/02/13/not-so-bland-please/#comment-675 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/02/13/not-so-bland-please/#comment-675 Yup, I remember being mildly reprimanded for using the term "manmade structure" Yup, I remember being mildly reprimanded for using the term “manmade structure”

]]> by: Leela http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/02/13/not-so-bland-please/#comment-676 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/02/13/not-so-bland-please/#comment-676 No 'American' in an American textbook! Well well... the saffron mob's got competition! No ‘American’ in an American textbook! Well well… the saffron mob’s got competition!

]]> by: Yazad http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/02/13/not-so-bland-please/#comment-677 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/02/13/not-so-bland-please/#comment-677 It's not just the saffron mob. Everyone is guilty. The Congress / Commies have played their own little censorship games. It’s not just the saffron mob. Everyone is guilty. The Congress / Commies have played their own little censorship games.

]]> by: Charu http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/02/13/not-so-bland-please/#comment-678 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/02/13/not-so-bland-please/#comment-678 I recently read about a 'domestic engineer'. My bai here in Bombay would be downright angry if I ever called her anything like that ! is there no limit to this crap ? I recently read about a ‘domestic engineer’. My bai here in Bombay would be downright angry if I ever called her anything like that ! is there no limit to this crap ?

]]> by: Survival Arts http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/02/13/not-so-bland-please/#comment-679 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/02/13/not-so-bland-please/#comment-679 <strong>Quote of the Day</strong> landlord, cowboy, brotherhood, yacht, cult, primitive, addict, alumni, American, elderly, illiterate, mankind, penmanship, teenager, third world, uncivilized, underprivileged, unmarried, widow... Quote of the Day

landlord, cowboy, brotherhood, yacht, cult, primitive, addict, alumni, American, elderly, illiterate, mankind, penmanship, teenager, third world, uncivilized, underprivileged, unmarried, widow…

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