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U.S.A., 2001: “Stereotypes about India and Hinduism when taught as fact in American classrooms may negatively impact students of South Asian origin who are struggling to work out their identity in a multicultural, predominately Anglo-Christian environment,” begins this very long article by Yvette C. Rosser. The author explores the reactions of Hindu students who have studied about India in social studies classes in American secondary schools. Data was taken from surveys distributed at the University of Texas at Austin to students of South Asian descent who attended high school in the USA, as well as from personal interviews with several American-educated students of Indian heritage. The author also discusses the coverage of India in world history textbooks and analyses the preparedness of secondary social studies educators to teach about India and other non-Western regions. The full text of the article is at “source” above.

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