Monday, October 29, 2012

Racist Schooling Response

     Education can really be a deadly tool when it comes to conforming others. The article" Indigenous resistance and racist schooling on the borders of empires:Coast Salish cultural survival." makes some serious references to this being a weapon. Indigenous people were washed of their culture and mindsets while in schools. the children would be taught what the dominating culture considered right and wrong. Most of the wrongs were things their culture thought. This was used a plethora in history, like the natives in the west. As America grew more room was needed and they natives had to either keep moving or join, fighting wasn't an option against the growing country. By joining the natives would have to walk and talk the way the average american would and also have to live they way they lived. The lifestyles completely changed for the natives.
     Education could be used as a serious tool and its very important to keep an eye on what schools are teaching the youth. Education could easily conform.

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