Question

The French used school textbooks in Vietnam to justify colonial rule. Explain.

Answer 1

a. The Vietnamese were represented in the text books as primitive and backward.

b. They were shown capable of manual labour but not of intellectual reflection; ‘skilled copyists’ but not creative.

c. School children were told that only French rule could ensure peace in Vietnam.

Answer 2

The French portrayed the Vietnamese as primitive, backward and unable to rule themselves. They mentioned this in school textbooks to create a feeling of inferiority among the Vietnamese and made them believe that it was right on the part of the French to rule Vietnam.
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