Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Colonizing the Black Natives: Reflections from a former NOLA Charter School Dean of Students | Cloaking Inequity

"The seemingly tightly coupled structure proved to be inefficient as students and teachers constantly bucked the system in search of breathing room. The systems and procedures seemingly did not care about the Black children and families they served. They were suffocating and meant to socialize students to think and act a certain way. In the beginning, we were teaching “structure,” but it evolved to resemble post-colonialism. Vasquez Heilig, Khalifa, and Tillman (2013) stated that “education was and still is used as a hegemonic form to monitor, sanction, and control civilized people.”


Agreed and amened.

Colonizing the Black Natives: Reflections from a former NOLA Charter School Dean of Students | Cloaking Inequity

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