Privatization reforms branded as liberation become new oppression

Evidence

Many education reform policies have sought privatization of education as a means to create “justice” and/or “equity.” However, while cloaked in the language of liberation, such efforts can be understood as new forms of oppression. To liberate a society, education must ensure “a moment or process or practice where we challenge the people to mobilize or organize themselves to get power” (Shor & Freire, 1987, p. 34). — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 944

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Neoliberal school reforms operate as Freirean banking education — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed:…, 943; Neoliberal restructuring systematically further privileges the already privileged — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1742; Capitalism absorbed its critics’ language to legitimize neoliberal privatization — Max Haiven, Cultures of Financialization, 439 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Neoliberal reforms pushed states toward authoritarian repression to enforce unpopular policies #expands (0.85) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 452
• Neoliberal restructuring systematically further privileges the already privileged #expands (0.78) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1742
• Post-communist neoliberalization widens inequality and targets visible minorities as scapegoats #exemplifies (0.75) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 913
• Capitalism absorbed its critics’ language to legitimize neoliberal privatization #complicates (0.72) — Max Haiven, Cultures of Financialization, 439