[Peace-discuss] Thoughts on institutional racism

[Linda Evans]

Ken,

I really appreciate your email (and Mike's original
suggestion of Anarchist People of Color site).  I
don't see this as off topic.  Thanks for pointing out
these articles.

Linda
--- Ken Urban <kurban at parkland.edu> wrote:
> Following Mike's advice, I browsed the Anarchist
> People of Color Site
> [thanks Mike] and came across this really good
> article:
> 
>
http://illegalvoices.org/apoc/knowledge/articles/ideas/shawn.html
> 
> I see compulsory schooling as one of the chief means
> of social control
> in the U.S. 
> 
> Marshall McLuhan said "The Medium is the Message",
> what is the medium of
> school?  A windowless room?  Bells that ring every
> 40 minutes causing
> you to stop what you're doing jump up and start
> something else?  Asking
> permission to pee?  
> 
> Everyone needs to know their place and to accept it
> without complaint or
> you'll get in trouble.  School enforces this by
> labeling people 'ADD' or
> 'at-risk' or 'special'. Schools put kids in age
> segregated classes, and
> should you get a bad teacher, the student has no
> rights to change this.
> (Of course, well connected parents can, another
> lesson).  This
> reinforces the class system.
> 
> Everyone needs to look to an authority figure
> (teacher) to see if they
> did it right and to find out what to do next.
> Imagine a country where
> everyone decided for themselves what was best? 
> You'd have anarchy,
> which is not very good for an industrialized society
> in need of assembly
> line workers.  Everyone now accepts 'authority
> figures' telling us on TV
> that we should be scared of VX nerve gas today,
> dirty bombs tomorrow. 
> 
> One of the functions of schooling is create a
> 'stable' society. Since
> our society is racist and sexist, it reinforces
> racism and sexism.    
> 
> John Taylor Gatto also talks about this in a couple
> of speeches and
> essays which are well worth reading:
> 
> http://www.cantrip.org/gatto.html
> 
>
http://www.noogenesis.com/game_theory/Gatto/Gatto.html
> 
> And a forthcoming documentary:
> 
>
http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/fourthpurpose/index.htm
> 
> Thanks for bearing with me on this slightly 'off
> topic' rant.  
> 
> Ken
> 
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