“A rationalistic, Eurocentric, post-Enlightenment individual “rights” framework for adult-child relationships is NOT the antidote to the Eurocentric authoritarian framework. We need to get out of that box, not just to the opposite side of it. Those of us born or indoctrinated into the Eurocentric model have to slowly stumble our way to something better. You can’t just intellectualize it. It’s slow, detailed culture-building work, full of pitfalls and unforeseen consequences. It requires humility and constant adjustment. That doesn’t mean you can’t walk out of existing systems now. You can start now. But do it knowing that the trail is not clear, that you will make mistakes, that you don’t have all the answers, and that you can’t rely on some rationalistic abstract principle to guide you. It’s like trying to restore a damaged ecosystem to health when you don’t really know what was there before. The complexity is beyond your ability to comprehend. There are a few basic processes you can see, but what you don’t know always outweighs what you do know.”

— Carol Black (Cf. “Cultural Dark Matter” and see Carol’s follow-up thread, which cites Rethinking Freire: Globalization and the Environmental Crisis, “Revolution and American Indians: “Marxism is as Alien to My Culture as Capitalism,” by Russell Means, and ”Land as pedagogy: Nishnaabeg intelligence and rebellious transformation,“ by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. Then look at Isabel Rodríguez’s thread quoting ”A Pedagogy for Liberation to Liberation from Pedagogy“ by Gustavo Esteva, Madhu S. Prakash, and Dana L. Stuchul.)