Colonization sets up for my Kahiau Project topic because the injustice that colonialism creates enforces inequality in all things, including education. To improve the collective socio-economic status of native peoples, we must ensure access to quality education for everyone. Lack of representation, financial instability, and lack of teen access to birth control are some of the hurdles that we face when attempting to ensure the availability of education for oppressed people. These problems are the result of colonialism's oppressive and exploitative nature. Imperialism changed our understanding of education in Hawaiʻi by banning ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi in schools and encouraging stereotypes that depict kānaka maoli as ignorant. This deters us from finding a solution to these problems because they discourage Hawaiian children from wanting to learn or believing that they are capable of learning. Rueckert, P. (2019b, August 13). 10 Barriers to Education That Children Living in Poverty Face. Global Citizen. https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/10-barriers-to-education-around-the-world-2/ Fremson, R. (2008). Education Push Yields Little for India’s Poor [Photograph]. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/world/asia/17india.html Pemoni, L. (2019). How to Resurrect Dying Languages [Photograph]. Sapiens. https://www.sapiens.org/language/language-revitalization/ Akana, H. (2021). Colonization & Imperialism, Modern Warfare & Identity Crisis [Slides]. Google Drive. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kn7DaWeO8KI2kblnAQXYfbFRYyLCUg0B/view
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