DST 500 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Total Institution, Situational Ethics, Tl;Dr
6 Feb 2017
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Creators of indian residential schools knew of the consequences this institution would have for aboriginal peoples. Limited education used to establish and maintain class colonization via. Doctrines e. g. inmate depravity, original sin, divine right of kings, promise of something better in the next world. Residential schooling was fashioned cooperatively by church and state. Education as oppressive, colonizing force--e. g. women, used to turn them into fit consorts for men. Religious: so women won"t question their proper place in god"s universe. Circumscribed: so they wouldn"t be intellectual challenges for their. Practical: so they could perform services for masters oppressors. In a familiar vicious cycle, the inferior education of women became the. Scientific rationale behind denying them a reasonable education and political rights, since they hadn"t achieved as much as men. Many tactics used on aboriginals were first used on british islanders. E. g. suppression of native languages, denigration of traditional practices as heathen.
