Schoolbook publisher apologises for Junior Cert book portrayal of 'potato eating' traditional Irish family
Briefly

The Health and Wellbeing book compares a traditional Irish family with a mixed-background family, perpetuating stereotypes. It depicts the traditional family as resistant to change, leading to public backlash.
Publisher EdCo's statement clarifies that the workbook aimed to highlight diversity and discrimination, using exaggeration. However, they acknowledged that their approach misrepresented the concept of a traditional Irish family.
Read at Irish Independent
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