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Phoenix61

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1. I think it's because people are much more

Reply to Spazito (Original post)

Wed May 11, 2022, 04:57 PM

May 2022

familiar with the term boarding school. Personally, I think the term institution is more appropriate. The term school makes it sound like it was voluntary, which it most definitely was not. Saying they institutionalized those children is much more accurate.

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Study sheds light on dark history of U.S. Indigenous residential schools [View all] Spazito May 2022 OP

I think it's because people are much more Phoenix61 May 2022 #1

That's a good point.... Spazito May 2022 #2

Another shameful part of US history that will be banned from school curriculums. sop May 2022 #3