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Everyone loves him: Barack Obama waves as he arrives at a rally in St Louis, USA, on Saturday. PIC/AP |
The Racine school district's use of a Std VIII textbook that includes a chapter on Barack Obama, but nothing on his opponent John McCain is unfair and troubling, said the Republican Party in the American state of Wisconsin.
A parent complained on an Internet blog about the textbook that includes a chapter on Obama called Dreams from My Father.
The school district said in a statement that it has received no complaints about the book, which it first used in the last academic year. Even so, the 21,000-student district said it was reviewing its policies regarding the book's use in a literature class.
McDougal Littell Literature's publisher said the book was compiled in 2005 before Obama ran for president.
The latest version of the textbook and all future versions will not include the Obama chapter to avoid any appearance that the publisher supports one political campaign, said a spokesperson.
Obama's speech
The chapter in question includes an excerpt from Obama's 2004 speech at the Democratic National Convention and a portion of his 1995 autobiography.
The book was chosen by a group of teachers because of how well it meets the state's academic standards, the Racine district said.
''The choice of this selection was to provide a contemporary and multicultural figure to explore the unit on community,'' it said. | 
