Does the Texas Board of Education have the moral right to rewrite and change significant subjects in textbooks? An anonymous writer comments on the current affirmation of the Texas Board of Education’s limit on information about Islam in textbooks. The commentary tackles the narrow-mindedness of the school board and how they are limiting the students from learning an essential religion that is the second largest in the world. Also, it addresses the power and influence the school board has over the publication of textbooks, and rather or not they want to include, for example, Jefferson’s proposition on the separation of church and state. This commentary doesn’t have strong evidence supporting it’s claims, but it implies the clash of cultural and religious integrity of the devote Christians. It presents a more objective view of education as a whole, and how a dominating religious bias shouldn’t tamper with it. This article is targeted towards liberal-minded people, whom don’t want to skew the future generations knowledge of the world, and attacks the incompetence of the conservative, and their choice to edit knowledge.
I agree, and think that changing important aspects of education would hinder the future generations perception of history, culture, and religion. I don’t think overly religious and biased people should be able to take out historical figures or limit the information on other religious entities. If these changes are made, it will perpetually diminish the perception of the Islamic community. We will culturally and ethically move farther and farther away from these people instead of trying to understand them and their religious choices.
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