My fiance went to supposedly the "best schools" on Guam & they didn't teach him jackshit about anything Chamoru-related, didn't teach him jack about culture, didn't prep him on politics, and reinforced colonizer western education while requiring so little of his mental capacity.
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Replying to @Lani4Pasifika
I have a friend who teaches in one of the “best schools” on the island & he said the most CHamoru they get is Fanohge CHamoru & Inifresi. And not the history or the meaning even. Just the lyrics. It’s a “generic” CHamoru class. And it’s kind of just whenever I believe
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Replying to @luketedt
That's the same as what my man told me too. It is peak privilege to be so disconnected from the culture of the place that you are literally living in or are a settler of. These schools are molding many woefully ignorant minds.
6:21 AM - 8 Jun 2020
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