Austrian textbook accused of spreading Russian stereotypes about Ukraine
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The Austrian textbook's chapter on Ukraine contains stereotypes and Russian propaganda that imply prejudice, such as poverty, alcohol problems, and a "little brother" relationship with Russia. This creates a distorted view of Ukrainian statehood and independence.
Austria uses textbooks with Russian propaganda: what stereotypes about Ukraine are studied by European students
The authors of the Austrian geography textbook used a lot of propaganda and stereotypical theses when writing the chapter on Ukraine. The corresponding photos from 2020 were published by Ivano-Frankivsk dentist Denys Mykytyn on social network X, UNN reports .
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The main characteristics of Ukraine, according to the authors of the textbook consider fertile land, bipolarity due to its location between Europe and Russia, poverty, corruption and lack of a social security system. social security system.
In general, the book contains stereotypes and prejudices about Ukrainians, such as the statement that in Ukraine "like Russia, there is a serious alcohol problem in Ukraine, which affects not only the male population".
In general, the textbook often presents Ukraine not as an independent state, but as a an independent state, but as a "younger brother" of Russia. Particularly striking is the section entitled The chapter titled "The East-West Divide" is particularly striking, as it discusses the contradictions between Soviet influence and Western orientation.
According to the authors, "there are many Russians in the east Russians live in the east," and in Crimea they "make up the majority of the population." Allegedly, this was the reason for the annexation of the peninsula, and "the main problem of of Ukrainian nation-building is nationalism".
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Yes, some of this is true, but the bottom line is that corruption, total poverty and "tense relations with Russia" are 80% of of what is written in the textbook about Ukraine. In the historical aspect, only the scoop is mentioned. only the scoop, the "young country", which creates an image of a fake nation,
This creates a distorted perception of Ukraine and and Ukrainians as a nation, because "they form an idea based on a shit like this textbook, and then they don't believe us and think that we don't want to look impoverished," summarized Denys Mykytyn.
