http://www.metafilter.com/tags/TheLanguagePolice Posts tagged with 'TheLanguagePolice' at MetaFilter. Fri, 02 May 2003 05:57:44 -0800 Fri, 02 May 2003 05:57:44 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/25511/Only%2Dmen%2Dbake%2Dcookies%2Din%2Dschool%2Dtextbooks <a href="http://www.calendarlive.com/books/reviews/cl-et-book28apr28,0,4911708.story?coll=cl-books-reviews">Only men bake cookies in school textbooks.</a> What do dinosaurs, mountains, deserts, brave boys, shy girls, men fixing roofs, women baking cookies, elderly people in wheelchairs, athletic African Americans, God, heathens, witches, owls, birthday cake and religious fanatics all have in common? Trick question? Not really. As we learn from Diane Ravitch's eye-opening book "The Language Police," all of the above share the common fate of having been banned from the textbooks or test questions (or both) being used in today's schools. tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.25511 Fri, 02 May 2003 05:57:44 -0800 brokenlink censorship DianeRavitch education offensive schools tests textbooks TheLanguagePolice dagny