Not only did I realized that the actions they took were discriminatory but also a form of oppression as well. By having others giving feedbacks on my story, I began to see where oppression took place during those incidences I have described. For example, as Cassie commented, “Your story displays racism (bias against your language and culture), and ageism (the teacher also holding biases), [it] puts you in a position of oppression”, I began to notice oppression in the incidences. In the textbook, it explains that oppression occurs “when one group’s prejudice is backed by historical, social, and institutional power” ( DiAngelo & Sensoy, 2012, p. 39). For the incidences I shared, the forms of oppression includes racism and nationalism as I am
