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Only a Fool Would Let His Enemy Teach His Children: Why We Need Liberated Learning

Jordan McGowan
5 min readMay 22, 2021

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As I have said repeatedly, the kkkapitalist kkkolonizers of Turtle Island (amerikkka) are engaged in a War Against African and Brown Indigenous People; this war takes place on several fronts. I believe that the kkkolonizers have been so effective in winning this war because they have controlled the narrative of who we are and what our goals should be through the education system. That is why the education system is the single most oppressive and racist institution in amerikkka, this is the only system that has EVERY child from age 5–18 and feeds them amerikkkan propaganda from 8 am to 3 pm, five days a week. This education system tells our babies to stand up, put their hand over their hearts and pledge allegiance to a flag that is at war with them. It tells them to look up to kkkolonizers who enslaved, beat, r*ped, tortured, and killed even their own children who happened to be African. So what does that teach our children about their own self-worth? This amerikkkan education system is a form of assimilating and ethnic cleansing, as Dead Prez wrote “school is like a 12 step brainwash camp”, looking to kill the Indigeneity and save the amerikkkan so much that we send our babies to school in uniforms and require them to walk in straight lines as if they are in the military, or even worse incarcerated. We allow this system to shape…

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Jordan McGowan
Jordan McGowan

Written by Jordan McGowan

Afrikan Griot — Music Lover — Former Athlete Turned Coach — Unapologetic — Political Scientist — Afrikan

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