ERIC Number: EJ1418020
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-0278-3193
EISSN: EISSN-1940-865X
How Colonialism Contributed to the Racialized History of Indigenous People by Unethical Diagnostic Implementations of Categories and Classifications -- Overlooking Exceptionalities
John Terry Ward
Roeper Review, v46 n2 p160-169 2024
This article looks at how colonialism has contributed to the racialized history of Indigenous people by unethical diagnostic implementations of categories and classifications, while overlooking exceptionalities when assessing Indigenous people. By understanding how settler-colonial assessments and/or diagnostic tests have been developed and utilized on Indigenous peoples, the reader can grasp the severity of any misdiagnoses, which can contribute to mislabeling due to cultural factors that have not been included and are beyond the understanding of the often non-Indigenous evaluator. Having an assessment or diagnoses, though, is a method to obtain accommodations and specialized education. Yet, if the systems that were created do not accurately measure the responses of the Indigenous individual, then an injustice will occur, not only for a possible misdiagnosis, but also for a missed opportunity to offer help if required. The need to understand the total individual beyond a mere assessment can provide insightful information, which is crucial for the examinee and examiner. It can affect the life of the whole person being assessed, if done without the Indigenous information that has been omitted.
Descriptors: Colonialism, Indigenous Populations, Land Settlement, United States History, Educational History, Racism, American Indians, Residential Schools, American Indian Education, Ethics, Clinical Diagnosis, Educational Diagnosis, Racial Discrimination, Canada Natives, Foreign Countries, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Trauma, Misinformation, Labeling (of Persons), Evaluation Methods, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United States; Canada
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