On June 16 and throughout the Youth Month of June we are called to remember the struggle of young people who engaged in critical action, who took a stand in the face of oppression and who rejected the system of Bantu education that was designed to dis- advantage them.
, edited by Sarah Rosaline Henkeman. This more subtle violence remains a powerful force in our schools, and it targets black bodies. There are further parallels between the violence against black bodies in the US and the violence against youth in South Africa. Here, we do not talk about a “prison to school pipeline” yet recent actions and policy developments point firmly in the same direction. In recent years, for example, some schools have appointed school resource officers, based on the US model, some of whom don’t hesitate to inform learners that they will “be processed”.
They are learners who are able to engage in critical thinking and conduct social analysis, yet they suffer a loss of dignity each day at school when they must use toilets that have no doors for privacy, toilets that have broken seats , and bathrooms where there isn’t any soap to wash your hands.
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