Network debates about the rainbow in the Albanian language, a typical case of why a book is not judged by its cover
2024-09-07 15:57:31
TiranaPost
The third grade Albanian language book has become a topic of discussion because of the cover, featuring a rainbow and a man in a dress.
The first to make a status on social networks was MP Tritan Shehu who seems to blame the government.
"A regime that tends to deform even children!
The cover of the official text of "Gjuha Shqipe" for children is a cynical insult on children, their development, their future and their vision for life and family.
In such a text, which would be honored with the figures of our Renaissance, graphic representation of the major stages of the Albanian language such as the Congress of the Monastery, etc., a serious provocation is made towards the "Language" of its young students.
A cover also contradicts the educational principles of children, which seeks to have a bad influence on the way of life by deforming it and creating confusion.
A child appears there and on top of that a "man" with a beard wearing a dress of "rainbow" colors, dancing barefoot like a woman!!!
Here we are not dealing with coincidences, but with a strategy of the regime, dangerous Gender for sexual orientation from a young feminine age", writes Shehu, among other things.
His judgment has been supported by various commentators and other public figures have called not to accept this text.
After the uproar on the network, the "Albas" publishing house also made a public reaction, clarifying why the rainbow and every other element was used and calling this whole story a misinterpretation.
"It is the eighth year that the text "Albanian language 3" has been used in school and no parent, teacher or child has been disturbed by its cover.
The rainbow is a children's symbol and since preschool children learn the separation of colors, but also the symbol of such a wonderful phenomenon of nature. Also, it is used as a symbol of different skin colors, through which it is explained to children that we are all special and racial discrimination is very wrong. (There are reading sections on this topic).
As for the image of the wizard on the cover (and wizards are known for their colorful capes), this has to do with a poem where the child begs all the wizards in the world to give him a magic wand with which he will wipe away the tears of the poor little one, to make him happy and fill his life with color.
The tendentious and discriminatory interpretations, the more they spread on social networks and in the media, the more they deepen the crisis we are going through as a society, damaging the mental health of children.
PS Our arguments are easily verifiable with the entire content of the book," reads Alba's statement posted on the School Portal.
