From the article Teaching Against Hierarchies: An Anarchist Approach:
This isn’t meant as hyperbole, either. Further information can be found in Amber Wiley’s “Schools and Prisons” and a video essay by Jacob Geller on “Games, Schools, and Worlds Designed for Violence.”
An example of this that Spoto lists in her article includes George Sellon and how he was the architect of San Quentin State Prison, El Cerrito High School, and the McKinley School. He’s also responsible for having designed Colusa High School and Grounds. He’s also responsible for designing Agnews Insane Asylum. There’s a lot of overlap there between the communities that are effectively being siloed.
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