Minnesota public school students to learn about ‘decolonization’
Minnesota’s new K-12 social studies standards will teach students about Palestinians’ fight for “liberation” against the oppressive “colonizer” state of Israel, according to documents obtained by a think tank in the state.
Under new standards adopted by the Minnesota Department of Education, students will learn about “decolonization,” with accompanying examples that portray the Jewish state as a colonizing force.
Students will be instructed to “describe how individuals and communities have fought” for “liberation against systemic and coordinated exercises of power,” according to the publicly available standards. They will also be asked to analyze “the impact of colonialism” and “dominant and non-dominant narratives.”
The public standards don’t mention Israel directly, but non-public documents obtained by the…
