Text books and negative stereotypes

Policy Response DateOctober 14, 2009 Country: Portugal Address: portugal General Type: Institutional discrimination Racism and discrimination phenomena: On grounds of other belief
Groups affected / Interested in: Religious minorities Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Education Hate speech/Racist Discourse Medium: Book

The Comissão para a Liberdade Religiosa [Commission for Religious Freedom] conducted a research in 2007 to textbooks, where negative stereotypes towards minority groups, such as the Jewish and the Muslim, were identified. Other religions were virtually absent from the textbooks.

Source:
Comissão para a Liberdade Religiosa [Commission for Religious Freedom], Study  "A Religião nos Manuais Escolares" [Religion on textbooks] (2009) http://www.clr.mj.pt/sections/agenda/estudo-a-religiao-nos/2007-estudo-a-religiao/downloadFile/attachedFile_f0/Religiao_nos_manuais_escolares_estudo.pdf?nocache=1268737957.04