Talk:McGuffey Readers

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[edit] Racist

I just wanted to add in the dicussion that it surprises me that the fact that the readers were horribly racist is mentioned nowhere in the article. --169.229.81.51 23:28, 9 February 2005 (UTC)

Comment on comment: The above comment does not add to the discussion. The intent appears to be to purposefully stir up hate and dissension on totally wholesome books. The writer offers no proof, and just spouts a nasty, hateful lie about McGuffey's readers being racist. The Readers offer wholesome commentary on life and living and have people helping people- even foreigners who don't speak English (page 71 3rd reader.)72.154.167.142 14:14, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mcguffey's readers promoted anti-semitism

For a detailed exploration of this issue, see Chapter 1 of Henry Ford and the Jews, written by Neil Baldwin.

Adam Holland 18:14, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

How about a link to the readers themselves? They're on Project Gutenberg in plain text, but pdf's would be better for this kind of book. (Or, a mention that pdf's do not seem to be on the web)--209.180.62.254 14:20, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Not all references to Jews are negative. See "The good Son" in the Fourth Reader.--216.47.187.104 14:29, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] NPOV problems

This article as a whole strikes me as being rather glaringly biased, as evidenced by such choices of words as "McGuffey's Readers are regularly maligned in today's age of political correctness, hypersensitivity, and imagined grievences." --Redeagle688 04:01, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Page looks fine to me

The page looks fine to me, if anything, it never really substantiates any argument that the McGuffey Readers were racist. It should show more evidence if the claim is made. --74.135.4.150 16:36, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Citation request

The finished works represented far more than a group of textbooks; they helped frame the country's morals and tastes, and shaped the American character. - This sounds like a sweeping generalization. It would be nice to see an authoritative work cited to support this assertion. --W. B. Wilson (talk) 15:34, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

I have removed the paragraph in question as a citation for its claims have not been forthcoming in three months. W. B. Wilson (talk) 15:16, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] COPYVIO

The page linked as the copyright violation seems to be a transcription of this document published by the US Federal Government's National Parks Service. In light of this general disclaimer, it seems likely that it is in the public domain, though we should probably attribute if possible to avoid further copyright worries. John Nevard (talk) 18:50, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Actually, the first revision stored notes that it is taken from a public domain NPS source, the link to which has now vanished (as an HTML page, anyway). John Nevard (talk) 18:52, 31 May 2008 (UTC)