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I am shook and by Kenyan parents (and non-parents alike) claiming that those high school girls on strike because of manual labour at their school are wrong and entitled.
Here's a thread on why YOU are the one who is wrong if you think this.
I am shook and by Kenyan parents (and non-parents alike) claiming that those high school girls on strike because of manual labour at their school are wrong and entitled.
Here's a thread on why YOU are the one who is wrong if you think this.
One way that colonizers/their Christian missionary enablers justified their occupation/theft of land was by saying they would educate children.
They instituted boarding schools for this, but you know what such schools should actually be called? RESIDENTIAL MANUAL LABOUR SCHOOLS.
They instituted boarding schools for this, but you know what such schools should actually be called? RESIDENTIAL MANUAL LABOUR SCHOOLS.
These schools were designed to remove and isolate children from their families and communities.
They focused on the destruction of local languages and cultures, and enforced assimilation.
These schools were not supposed to meet the needs of children or their communities.
They focused on the destruction of local languages and cultures, and enforced assimilation.
These schools were not supposed to meet the needs of children or their communities.
These manual labour schools were intended to provide indigenous peoples with an inferior education that placed a heavy focus on manual labour and domestic work.
This was seen as a way for the schools to save money and make the students "earn their keep."
This was seen as a way for the schools to save money and make the students "earn their keep."
These schools are perpetually under-resourced.
This destruction of language/culture & assimilation into Eurocentrism was enforced through abuse.
The physical, psychological, sexual & emotional abuse that happens in Kenyan schools, esp. boarding schools, is a feature. Not a bug.
This destruction of language/culture & assimilation into Eurocentrism was enforced through abuse.
The physical, psychological, sexual & emotional abuse that happens in Kenyan schools, esp. boarding schools, is a feature. Not a bug.
Students are punished for speaking their local languages.
For wearing their natural hair.
For wearing their traditional garments (which is why they are issued with uniforms).
For being "dirty Africans" (and as such, they spend hours scrubbing and cleaning to prove otherwise).
For wearing their natural hair.
For wearing their traditional garments (which is why they are issued with uniforms).
For being "dirty Africans" (and as such, they spend hours scrubbing and cleaning to prove otherwise).
This is why students are subjected to endless inspections of their personal spaces (at my school, they were *surprise* for that extra mental torture), and punished with more manual labour.
This is why there was an obsession with things being *whiter than white* without bleach.
This is why there was an obsession with things being *whiter than white* without bleach.
For all this, students are expected to be grateful. Because they are "earning their civilization."
Despite the fact that this manual labour has nothing to do with their career/educational goals.
Despite the fact that student labour is inefficient and costly.
Despite the fact that this manual labour has nothing to do with their career/educational goals.
Despite the fact that student labour is inefficient and costly.
Students doing manual labour at schools they are paying to attend actually takes away from their education.
They have limited time to study, and manual labour competes for this time. Who bears the cost?
The student, of course. And we're surprised they are protesting?
They have limited time to study, and manual labour competes for this time. Who bears the cost?
The student, of course. And we're surprised they are protesting?
In many countries, residential manual labour schools have been rightfully categorized as agents of cultural genocide.
But in Kenya, we have parents (and non-parents alike) defending this destruction and calling it discipline.
Wild. (End of thread).
But in Kenya, we have parents (and non-parents alike) defending this destruction and calling it discipline.
Wild. (End of thread).
