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Originally Posted by opendoor
Why couldn't they be educated in their communities like most other Canadian students? Why was an involuntary boarding school model the only alternative to illiteracy? The answer isn't because such things weren't possible; obviously the children of white settlers received educations in very remote places. It's because residential and industrial schools were crafted to isolate the students from their families and their culture. This wasn't a side effect, it was by design.
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Because Mighty Whitey always knows what's best for the Noble Savage.