Student: Textbook claims Reagan was sexist, conservatives ‘pessimistic’
Posted: Feb 21, 2014 1:31 PM CST
Updated: Feb 21, 2014 6:42 PM CST
By Mary King – email
COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) -Sophomore University of South Carolina student Anna Chapman says as she read through her “Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare” textbook last fall, she couldn’t believe what she saw.
“I am all for free
speech, but not when opinion is presented as fact in a textbook,” said Chapman.
When asked what didn’t line up, Chapman first pointed out a passage about President Ronald Reagan.
“He viewed American males as rugged individuals who could accomplish almost anything if they tried,” said Chapman, reading from the book “Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare: Critical Thinking Perspectives” by Karen K. Kirst-Ashman. “Similarly, he ascribed to women primarily domestic functions and failed to appoint many women to significant positions of power during his presidency.”
On ReaganFoundation.org, the site shares how Reagan’s nomination of the first female U.S. Supreme Court Justice “shattered a glass ceiling.” Other sites acknowledge he nominated 1,400 women to high-level, policy-making positions.
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