Imperialism

To discuss science fiction and multicultural education is to discuss imperialism. Science fiction is a very wide genre and a majority of the genre that deals with multicultural and/or multi-species education/ interaction is dealing with imperialism in some form or another. Many times the plot deals with how the dominating force takes over and exerts its control. First by recognizing itself as a colonizer thereby distancing the colonized. This makes the colonized "the other" and therefore subject to control and domination. This control and domination includes, for purposes of stability and sustained colonization, the re-education of the colonized. This re-education can either be on purpose or not. For example, what did Jawas do before becoming familiar with robots and their value? When humans came to Tatooine it forced Jawas to redefine their world by including the new species of Humans and their technology into their world. Redefinition begets re-education because Jawas, not necessarily needed, but saw new opportunities to survive. They (Jawas) educated themselves on robots and their value as well as how to trade with humans.