Falen is studying the residential school system in Canada. She is focusing on how the Canadian government forced the minority First Nations children to go to these schools. This reflects which theoretical perspective?

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Conflict theory emphasizes the role of power and coercion in social relationships, and how it can create and sustain inequality. In the case of the residential school system in Canada, the government used its power to force First Nations children to attend these schools, depriving them of their culture and heritage. Conflict theory is concerned with the struggle between dominant and minority groups and how the dominant group uses their power to assert dominance over the subordinate group.

Falen Is Studying the Residential School System in Canada