Quote 11
"Two methods by which education can be used as a method of social control. One is to deny a population the knowledge necessary to protect its political and economic rights and to economically advance in society; the other is segregation." (Spring p.90)
Why would someone in their right mind ever want to socially control someone through the use of education. No one should be denied the knowledge necessary to protect its political and economic rights. These children will go no where in life, if they do, they will have to work twice as hard just to get by. Segregation was the main way in which education was a method of social control "back in the day." they used segregation as a way to make children feel different from others, educationally, socially, and economically. I can't believe this actually happened in the history of our country. I'm glad we have grown, but not completely. I feel like some students are still socially controlled because they can't choose which school they wish to attend or their parents can't afford to send them to school.
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