When an ideologue is referring to social mobility, one has to wonder.
Which social group is he referring to and how socially mobile is the vision?
UCP paleolibertarian ideology doesn’t promote social mobility. In fact it reinforces class stratification as natural.
Which social group is he referring to and how socially mobile is the vision?
UCP paleolibertarian ideology doesn’t promote social mobility. In fact it reinforces class stratification as natural.
https://twitter.com/jkenney/status/1341817483175493632
So, is this statement from Kenney just gaslighting (i.e. lying to gain support for outcomes that UCP has no intention of achieving?), or is this targeted rhetoric for certain demographics (white, middle income, males?).
It’s both.
The curriculum being proposed is neo-Confederate.
It’s based on the belief of the superiority of white superiority, as evidenced by reliance on classic liberal arts, and reinforced with removal of critical thinking to be replaced by rote memorization & repetition.
The curriculum being proposed is neo-Confederate.
It’s based on the belief of the superiority of white superiority, as evidenced by reliance on classic liberal arts, and reinforced with removal of critical thinking to be replaced by rote memorization & repetition.
While this curriculum did produce European cultural, economic and political dominance throughout the past 500 years, is that the direction society wants to return to?
Well, we know UCP does. But what about the diverse population in Alberta?
Well, we know UCP does. But what about the diverse population in Alberta?
Are we prepared to erase past atrocities committed to dominate and rule North America, to enslave POC to perform free labour enriching the most wealthy, to conceal abject poverty of the underclass who didn’t matter to the elites, to downplay the achievements of women’s suffrage?
The classic liberal arts education provides a basic foundation that reinforces the dominance of white male culture and portrays that dominance as divinely determined by labeling it “natural law.”
In a pluralist society, it’s outdated, inadequate and regressive.
In a pluralist society, it’s outdated, inadequate and regressive.
There is much to learn from a classic liberal arts education. It reveals the cultural assumptions made that enable Terra Nullius. It indoctrinates presumed ascendency of certain races, cultures and faiths. It provides the rationale for European white male dominance.
I suppose we could go back (aka regress) to such limited and narrow minded curriculum, but that would nullify the existence of anyone who falls outside of the white Christian male category.
Which is the whole point it seems.
Which is the whole point it seems.
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