MDSD11H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Knowledge Base, Double Consciousness, Ableism
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Brennan, t. (2012): the wisdom of youth: how modern ontario roman catholic students challenge and resist the persistent colonial agenda. The article argues that students are marginalized in ontario"s roman catholic schools through their colonial ideologies. Case studies and interviews were held to investigate how students felt. If youth are not empowered with the knowledge that their histories and subjectivities are of equal or greater value to the lived experience in modern schooling, then the system itself cannot be a safe space of genuine inclusivity (23-24) Students associate religion with stereotypical expectations, particularly that it is laden with routine. The concept of being religious is plagued with conforming ritualistic acts and students either embrace the security of routine or are quick to name it as burdensome and smothering (24) Randy"s narrative about fakeness just by following everything that is told to them in the name of religion (25)
