Erasure and resistance: the state of public education in Puerto Rico

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Abstract

In April 2018, somebody painted over a mural in the Julia de Burgos public school’s cafeteria, turning the wall into a blank, off-white slate. The mural’s erasure symbolically encapsulates a combination of forces that are behind the radical transformation of public schools and colleges in Puerto Rico: the colonial relationship the island has with the United States after the latter took possession of it in 1898; Puerto Rico’s unpayable debt, partly triggered and exacerbated precisely by its colonial condition; and the takeover of the island by disaster capitalism in the wake of the debt default and hurricanes Irma and Maria.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)824-829
Number of pages6
JournalInternational Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education
Volume35
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • colonialism
  • debt
  • disaster capitalism
  • education
  • human rights
  • public education
  • Puerto Rico

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Education

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