[hr-education] Re: HRE in India - a vintage point

I totally agree with Maria. HRE is a tricky subject in the sense that if
we do not have as main objective to free mankind from all "mind-forged
manacles" [William Blake] it may well be empty rhetoric. That's why I am
suspicious of citizenship education. It has been used and is still used
for politicians to create nationalists for instance. I am Lindley of
Mauritius and a human rights education fundamentalist. Am not convinced of
many things in my life but I am sure of the power of HRE to liberate
individuals.

Lindley Couronne



On Friday, September 23, 2005, at 12:29 AM, Maria Williams wrote:

> Thank you for sharing the information on HRE in India. In the 
> discourse on human rights education, I notice an absence of discussion 
> on what the components of HRE should include. There is very little 
> discussion of an anti-racism framework, little about poverty 
> elimination, system discrimination, ethnic cleansing, caste systems, 
> internal displacements, economic injustice, power imbalances, 
> colonialism, etc. Yet these are the concrete areas in which 
> individuals and groups experience real discrimination and loss of 
> human rights.
>
> I'm concerned that if HRE does not address these fundamental 
> inequalities, it remains just a theory, ineffective and unrealistic
> and of little practical value.
>


 
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