Posted by: 90sRetroFan
« on: February 25, 2024, 07:12:36 pm »https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/tdsb-calls-education-a-colonial-structure-centred-on-whiteness
Exactly. Who disagrees?
Life and job skills in which civilization?
The real world in which civilization?
(And note that even in non-Western countries, the school curriculum is almost entirely Western.....)
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“Schooling in North America is inherently designed for the benefit of the dominant culture (i.e., white, middle-upper class, male, Christian, cisgender, heterosexual, able-bodied, neurotypical, etc.),” reads the latest document under a heading titled “Core Beliefs.”
“Education is a colonial structure that centres whiteness and Eurocentricity and therefore it must be actively decolonized,”
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“White Supremacy is a structural reality that impacts all students and must be discussed and dismantled in classrooms, schools, and communities.”
Exactly. Who disagrees?
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“Schools are a place for learning life and job skills, above all else.” Education Minister Stephen Lecce said in a statement to the Toronto Sun.
Life and job skills in which civilization?
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“Time after time, our government has brought in legislation to prepare our students for the real world,” he said.
The real world in which civilization?
(And note that even in non-Western countries, the school curriculum is almost entirely Western.....)