Manualele: discriminare ori îndoctrinare?
Textbooks: Discrimination or Indoctrination?

Summary/Abstract: The study looks at two recent decisions of the National Council for the Fighting of Discrimination (CNCD) on the existence of discrimination in a school textbook and, respectively, an academic one. The first, Religion - The Orthodox Cult for the 11th grade, was considered discriminatory, while the second, Introduction to Sociology, by Constantin Schifirneţ was "saved" by the principle of academic freedom. The author shows that it is difficult to interpret, and that there are limits in interpreting, the language of textbooks in terms of discrimination and, therefore, suggests that there are other relevant categories. To prevent the pernicious attitudes promoted by various textbooks, the relevant category should be that of indoctrination. Under this doctrine, textbooks which, in the case of compulsory education, indoctrinate the students should be prohibited. Indoctrination as such is not discrimination, but it does have consequences on the acts of discrimination which legitimize the interference of the CNCD.

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