ADL's Study of Social Science Text Books Reveals Little Improvement in the Treatment of Minorities Inaccuracy, omission and half- truths still mark the treatment of American minorities in social stu- dies textbooks, according to a study published as a book by the Anti-Defamation League of Bnai Brith. - "Minorities In-Textbooks" (Quad- rangle Paperbacks), examines 45 of the _nation's most widely used junior and senior high school social studies texts and fails to find a single one which presents "a rea- sonably complete and undistorted picture" of American Negroes, Jews and other minorities. The ADL, which conducted a similar study in 1960, further re- veals that despite past criticism of Best Wishes To AU Our Relatives and Friends For A Happy, Healthy New Year Mr. and Mrs. Ted Curtis and Family 10430 Oneida Oak Pork, Mich. 48237 Mr. and Mrs. Howard Danzig and Children 23195 Laurel Volley Dr. Southfield, Mich. extend best wishes for a year of health and happiness to all their friends and relatives. May the Coming Year Be Filled With Health and Peace for AU Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kraft and Family publishers and authors, "a signific- ant number of texts published to- day continue to present a principal- ly white, Protestant, Anglo-Saxon view of America past and present with the nature and problems of minority groups going largely neg- lected." The study was conducted for the ADL by Michael B. Kane, under the supervision of Oscar Cohen, who wrote the preface to the book and is director of the agency's program division. Kane, comparing the current textbook treatment of minorities to how they were treated 10 years ago found "some genuine but un- even improvement." His book points out, among other examples: Treatment of the Jews is still largely confined to an over- emphasis on their ancient past. Only a very few texts present a varied true-to-life picture of mod- em Jews and their contributions to America. Nazi persecution of Jews and other minorities is still inadequate- ly treated or completely ignored. While a few backs give a real- istic and constructive portrayal of certain minority groups, no one book gives an adequate over-all presentation. The ADL's 1960 study labeled textbook discussion of Jews as "distressingly inadequate." The current work finds that "neither MR. MORRIS FREDRICK 24320 Westhampton Oak Pork, Mich. 48237 23237 Providence Dr. Southfield, Mich. 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LEO WEBER 23040 Kenosha THE OFFICERS OF Mr. and Mrs. Morris Meyers Best Wishes for the New Year Mr. and Mrs.. Isadore Kolodney Best Wishes For A Year of Health and Happiness To AU Our Friends and Relatives Dr. and Mrs. David Marks and Family Wish AU Their Members and- Friends A Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year Fahey, titian 2, 1270 - 45 MRS. ROSE BECKERMAN Best Wishes For A Healthy and Prosperous New Year Best wishes for a year of health and happiness to all our relatives and friends and the entire Jewish Com- munity MEIN NEM Best Wishes For A Happy and Healthy New Year to AB Our Friends and Relatives .13142 i3O-rigrnan, Huntington Woods, Mich. 8629 Willis, Apt. 2 13050 Burton, Oak Pork - 18041 Schaefer, Detroit the quality nor quantity of refer- ences to American Jews has im- proved significantly" since that time. It is pointed out that world history texts still give considerably more attention to the ancient He- brews than to later Jewish history. In addition: • Textbook accounts of the crucifixion continue to be too super- ficial to dispel misconceptions coo- cerning the role played by Jews. Some texts avoid mentioning the crucifixion altogether while a few still explicitly link the Jews to the death of Jesus in a way likely to increase anti-Semitic feelings. • The infrequent and disjointed references to Jews in medieval and modern European history still deal mainly with persecution. However, most texts do offer comprehensive discussions of the state of Israel which acknowledge and highlight the accomplishments of its Jewish citizens. • Although previously nega- tive portrayals of the Jews as a group are gene from American history and social problems texts, they are not replaced by positive references. Only a very few texts convey a realistic sense of the diversity of the American Jewish population and of their similarity to the ether Peoples of this nation. • Textbook passages which make an effort to explain why Jews should not be referred to as a race are on the increase. The study finds that while one of the 48 texts examined in 1960 gave "fully adequate coverage" of the Nazi persecutions, the current figure is four out of 45. In 1960, nine offered "reasonably adequate coverage;" now 11 do. In 1960, 17 omitted the topic en- tirely, today the figure is 13. Whsle some improvement is shown in these areas, the percentage of texts which slight or minimize the topic is about the same-45.9 per cent in 1960 to 46.7 per cent today. Panorama City, Calif. 91402 Detroit Mr. - and Mrs. Movsas Goldoftas TUE 1112111022 Ook Pork; Mich. 48237 I MRS. HYMAN MITNICK 25079 Rue Versailles Oak Park,_Mich. 48237 extends best wishes to all her family and friends for a Happy and Healthy New Year. 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