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Yes, the way the teachers/school reacted was horrible. And yes, there is a LOT broken in our current education system, including teachers that don't really care
by txttran 14y ago
Yes, the way the teachers/school reacted was horrible. And yes, there is a LOT broken in our current education system, including teachers that don't really care to teach, but comparing our schools to slavery is a bit much.
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- eevilspock 14y agoAre you sure? Just because the condition of her fellow students isn't blatant slavery doesn't mean it isn't effectively a form of it. She did not call the teachers "slave owners". She is saying people of color who are effectively locked in their situation, with no way out, and therefor stuck on the bottom rungs of society and forced to do the lowest jobs for the lowest pay are effectively in bondage. There is a reason indentured servitude is illegal even if you got yourself into the predicament "fair and square"; it equates to slavery. Geolibertarianism and Georgism (look at this list before you dismiss: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgism#Notable_people_influenced_by_Georgism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgism#Notable_people_influen...) make a similar argument about the effective consequence of private land ownership, that in the end people without land are effectively slaves to those who own all the land, because you have to stand and live somewhere, and grow food somewhere, and the only way to pay rent for the land is to take whatever work the landlords give you (They are not called landlords for nothing). It is a less blatant form of feudalism, which most people today would equate to slavery.