reading Decolonizing The University by Marie Battiste made me reflect on the power of language and how it can be seen as a threat to manipulative takeover. when the Europeans first encountered the indigenous people, they realized the native people had a fully developed language. this was seen as a problem as it made it harder for the Europeans to convert the people to their thinking.  although the indigenous peoples language is less dominate, they could potentially catch on to the Europeans manipulative ways. this article proved to me that someone that is illiterate can be easily manipulated and sabotaged. the power of language translates to a power of freedom. one gains a differenti understanding of life and in this case the Europeans seen this

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