K-12 Textbooks Are 'Islamophobic'?

K-12 Textbooks Are ‘Islamophobic’?

Amid an avalanche of complaints from parents that their children’s school textbooks are infused with Islamic supremacism, NYU Abu Dhabi graduate Melissa Levinson claims that K-12 textbooks are “emblematic of how enshrined Islamophobia has become in American culture.” She objects, in particular, to the textbooks’ portrayal of the Middle East as a region that has “declined into chaos, oppression, and violence.” Perhaps there is hope for K-12 education after all.

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Cinnamon Stillwell

Cinnamon Stillwell analyzes Middle East studies academia in West Coast colleges and universities for Campus Watch. A San Francisco Bay Area native and graduate of San Francisco State University, she is a columnist, blogger, and social media analyst. Ms. Stillwell, a former contributing political columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, has written on a wide variety of topics, including the political atmosphere in American higher education, and has appeared as a guest on television and talk radio.