The conquest
of Al-Andalus, in the southern part of the Iberia peninsula, was the training
ground for the colonialism that was practiced after 1492 all over the world. The
colonized people were used as forced labor, and their knowledge was either
destroyed or stolen by the conquerors.
Why is the knowledge
taught in schools all over the world racist and sexist? It is, because it
represents the knowledge of only white males from 5 western nations (France,
Germany, United Kingdom, United States, and Italy). Why is that important to
highlight?
No matter
what university in the world a student studies at, he is being taught knowledge
that originated from these supposedly “intellectually superior nations” that only
represent 12% of the world, and with the intention that he should apply it. But
in reality, that “universal truth” is the result of the experiences of only those
countries, and therefore irrelevant to the experiences of 88% of humanity.
The canon of
thought used in universities around the world today is designed to make
inferior the knowledge of the rest of humanity. Thus, if we don’t decolonize
education, we will inevitably continue to produce minds ideal for the eternal exploitation
of the world.
Click on the
following link to watch Professor Ramon Grosfoguel’s video explaining this: https://youtu.be/LoIrDlIgDjU
We have to
decolonize education to decolonize minds.
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