Contemporary Western textbooks remain deeply Eurocentric despite progress

Evidence

And yet, this is a tendency but still far from the rule. Many contemporary textbooks in many Western countries remain basically Eurocentric: not only our economy or technology, but also our views, values, societies, and politics are invariably superior. They keep repeating stereotypes about minorities and other non-European people. Third World countries tend to be treated in a homogeneous way, despite the huge differences. As is the case in the press, the Others are invariably associated with Problems, for which however We tend to offer a solution. All this is equally true for minorities in the country, which largely are dealt with in terms of cultural differences and deviance, and seldom in terms of their everyday life, work, and contributions to both culture and the economy. Finally, textbook assignments too often ignore the presence of minority children in the classroom, and if not, these may be spoken about as Them, and not always addressed as part of Us. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1107

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1107
• XREF: connects to: Textbook portrayals of minorities were historically biased, stereotypical, and Eurocentric — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1105; Recent textbooks shifted from ignoring minorities to including them and colonial history — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1106