Editing Anti-bias curriculum (section)

==Criticism==
There has been criticism of aspects of the anti-bias curriculum. [[Eastern Washington University]] professor Deirdre Almeida has stated that most anti-bias curricula omit the contributions of non-[[Africa]]n ethnic groups, such as [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]], [[Inuit]] and [[Alaskan Natives|Alaska Natives]]. Almeida has claimed that portrayals of Native Americans in anti-bias material conflate actual aboriginal practices with invented, obsolete or erroneous ideas about Native American culture.<ref>[http://www.ericdigests.org/1997-2/antibias.htm Countering Prejudice against American Indians and Alaska Natives through Antibias Curriculum and Instruction.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509183150/http://www.ericdigests.org/1997-2/antibias.htm |date=2008-05-09 }} [[ERIC Digest]].</ref>

Other critics, such as [[University of Tennessee]] professor J. Amos Hatch, have claimed that some anti-bias curricula can be construed as actively or passively adopting an [[Anti-Western sentiment|anti-European/western racial bias]], seeking to minimize contributions of ethnic Europeans in favor of other ethnic groups. Hatch has stated that this ideology has produced "anti-bias" curricula that are overtly biased against people of European descent or in favor of people of African descent.<ref>J. Amos Hatch, [http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/C4921.aspx Qualitative Research in Early Childhood Settings] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080508032718/http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/C4921.aspx|date=May 8, 2008}}.</ref>