Abstract
Power brokers and their market economies enforce education on a global level. According to the United Nations, the effects of global neoliberal capitalism cause human rights violations in all parts of the world, yet democratic countries scoff at these findings (Pogge, 2002 & 2005). People of the world continue to believe that tying minoritized students to existing structures and ensuring enculturation is the best possible outcome for all involved (Suárez-Orozco & Suárez-Orozco, 2015). That is, minoritized children are educated to ensure first-world countries produce a minimally educated and willing labor force. In this paper we argue the following: 1) power relations among global economies lead to displacement and migration (nothing new), and 2) an alternative lens for ameliorating these conditions: Indigenous knowledge as a counterpoint to power relations; toward recreating an egalitarian and socially just society.
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Rodriguez, Arturo and Magill, Kevin Russel
(2023)
"Against the Tide: Indigenous Knowledge and Education for Humanization,"
Journal of Multicultural Affairs: Vol. 9:
Iss.
1, Article 4.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/jma/vol9/iss1/4
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