Racialized trust in the noble-savage myth sustained school regimentation.

Evidence

Nor is this mistrust alien to the logic of social control. For all its nobility, the noble savage remains savage, and integration into the world of adults requires regimentation. — Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis, Schooling in Capitalist America, 488

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Educators recast children as noble savages yet still required regimentation — Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis, Schooling in Capitalist America:…, 487; Racial myths rationalize existing power relationships; School instills state-centered worldview to displace folkloristic traditional conceptions — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 339

Broader Connections

• Educators recast children as noble savages yet still required regimentation #corroborates (1.00) — Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis, Schooling in Capitalist America, 487
• Racial myths rationalize existing power relationships #expands (0.85)
• School instills state-centered worldview to displace folkloristic traditional conceptions #qualifies (0.75) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 339