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Problematic Textbook Pictures

Over at HappyPlace.com, there’s a great collection of problematic images from student textbooks. Consider this image from a math textbook:

Illustration from math textbook showing a teepee labelled "Casino"

My guess is that the photo below is either from a social studies textbook or the pamphlet for a fraternity:

Photo from a textbook showing a WASPy student in a novelty sombrero, captioned "A Mexican and his hat"

Here’s a snippet from science textbook whose purpose is to scare the crap out of people who don’t have red-green colour vision confusion (it used to be called “colour blindness”):

Isihara color blindess test with caption "If you see the number 15 in the dot pattern, your color vision is probably normal". The dot pattern in the test actually shows the number 29.

Sorry, if you have red-green colour vision confusion, you’re not going to see the humour in this one…

6 replies on “Problematic Textbook Pictures”

Maria:

  • You have to wear that hat the next time we’re having dinner on the patio at Bairrada.
  • If you see a number greater than 28 in the picture, it means you should check yourself into the nearest mental health facility as soon as possible.

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