Ethnicity, Education, and Prejudice: The Teaching of Contempt.

Perlmutter, Philip

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ERIC Number: EJ243361

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1981-Mar

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Ethnicity, Education, and Prejudice: The Teaching of Contempt.

Perlmutter, Philip

Ethnicity, v8 n1 p50-66 Mar 1981

Discusses attitudes of educators toward immigrant children since the mid 19th century. Concludes that prejudice and ethnocentrism in American schools and society have now been replaced by the ideal of cultural pluralism. (ST)

Descriptors: Acculturation, Attitude Change, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Attitudes, Ethnic Bias, Ethnocentrism, Immigrants, Religious Discrimination

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Historical Materials

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Language: English

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