Purple Monkey Dishwasher

Apr 29, 2003

An Ontario publisher is under fire for a children's textbook describing Inuit as a bunch of unemployed, alcoholic, violent, suicidal welfare bums and criminals. The book, Let's Visit Nunavut, is designed for students in Grades 2 to 4 and has been widely distributed across Canada for years, apparently with no complaints until now. Here are a few choice true or false questions:
•The Inuit do not have full-time Jobs. Answer: True
•Many Inuit people are well-trained and educated. Answer: False

Not surprisingly, the book has been banned by the Nunavut Ministry of Education.

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