Texas Textbooks Whitewash Slavery, Calls Slaves "Workers"--Publisher Says He's Done Enough To Address Issue [Picture, Video]

David Levin, CEO of textbook publisher McGraw-Hill Education, responded to controversy that sparked this week when a picture of a passage from one of the company’s textbooks went viral for its offensive description of slavery.

Texas mom Roni Dean-Burren posted a photo on social media that her son sent her of his ninth-grade World Geography textbook which wrongly described slaves as “workers” and subsequently outraged people everywhere.

Levin joined HuffPost Live on Wednesday to address the issue and told host Nancy Redd that the company will offer supplemental material to schools on cultural competency, if they request it. In earlier statements, the company also promised to update the text and give schools the choice of either receiving a revised book, if they request it, or a sticker with the corrected caption they could use to cover up the erroneous description.

“Changes will be reflected in the digital version of the program immediately and will be included in the program’s next print run,” the company promised.  SOURCE