I have a nightmare...

In the recent provincial election the Ontario electorate rejected "faith-based" schools. But how about Arabocentric ones? After all, Arab Canadians face this unfortunate situation:

...While fleeing conflict and hardship they have had to deal with prevalent negative stereotypes about their culture and/or religion in their adopted country...Today, the greater part of the Arab Canadian community, while economically established, remains on the margins of mainstream Canadian society politically and culturally...

Surely there's case there for their own schools, just as there apparently is for African Canadians. There certainly is a distinctive Arab history and culture to which such schools might pay particular attention in order to encourage their students' self-esteem. Of course such schools could not discriminate by taking persons of Arab origin only. Indeed I imagine many other young people might wish to attend, whatever their ethnicity. Especially those of the Muslim faith.

Chuckercanuck, for his part, raises the inevitable need for an Afrocentric university.

Mark C.

Posted by markc at January 31, 2008 09:19 PM