Recent textbooks shifted from ignoring minorities to including them and colonial history

Evidence

As suggested, much has changed in contemporary textbooks. Whereas minorities were earlier virtually ignored or marginalized in textbooks, at least until the late 1980s, and despite their prominent presence in the country and even in the classroom, current textbooks in the social sciences as well as other fields seem finally to have discovered that there are also minorities to write about. And whereas information about Us that could be negative (such as colonialism) used to be ignored or mitigated, there is now a tendency to want to teach children also about the less glorious aspects of “our” history or society. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1106

Categorization

• 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; Post-1980s textbooks began covering minority subjects and colonial history; Contemporary Western textbooks remain deeply Eurocentric despite progress — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1107

Broader Connections

• Post-1980s textbooks began covering minority subjects and colonial history #corroborates (1.00)
• Contemporary Western textbooks remain deeply Eurocentric despite progress #qualifies (0.80) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1107