The Mind Trust’s Neo-colonial War on Parents: Part One
The Mind Trust’s Neo-colonial War on Parents: Part One
By John Harris Loflin
Due to the Mind Trust’s (MT) view that urban schools are broken and need fixing, this January the non-profit began looking for someone to launch “an independent parent advocacy organization” with emphasis on social justice and closing the Achievement Gap for communities of color in high poverty areas.
However, this commentary argues urban schools are not broken. As concluded in The White Architects of Black Education by Watkins, America’s public schools never meant to educate all children, especially children of color. We can’t call schools broken that were designed to fail.
Because America’s school system was designed to fail and/or mis-educate certain children, it was colonial. That is, its purpose was to colonize Native Americans and other non-whites, “fitting” them and settlers/immigrants into America’s “melting pot.”
“Education’s indoctrination if you're white--subjugation if you're black.” -- James Baldwin
Thus, initial (and current) public schooling confused education with conformity via CONTINUE READING: Schools Matter: The Mind Trust’s Neo-colonial War on Parents: Part One
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