Avianne Tan Thesis

In Avianne Tan’s ABC News article “Texas Mother Who Sparked Change to Textbook ‘Downplaying Slavery’ Believes ‘More Needs to be Done’ ” she speaks about a concerned mother who is criticizing the McGraw-Hill company because their history books mention slaves as agreeable immigrants rather than unpaid laborers. Tan explains that McGraw-Hill Education is planning on revising their history textbooks because Roni Dean-Burren, a Texas mother, complained about a caption for a picture that slaves were “immigrants" (1-2). The next day Dean-Burren made a video criticizing the caption (3-4). Tan mentions that in response to Dean-Burren’s criticisms McGraw-Hill stated they would make changes in the digital version of the book, and the company is offering