Interlinkages between recognition, justice and development 2016, para. 59
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Sixty years after the anti-colonialist movements led to the independence of some countries, colonial-based educational materials and perspectives continue to negatively influence society. Many textbooks and reference works still contain racial biases and sexism and fail to consider Afrocentric perspectives. Many of these colonial-based educational materials reinforce negative and damaging stereotypes about people of African descent.
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Working Group of experts on people of African descent
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Special Procedures' report
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Education
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2016
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WG People of African Descent, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/33/61, para. 59.