It is an unfortunate factor that oppression happens everywhere and to anyone- it has not boundaries. Even Nelson Mandela, who was the president of South Africa experienced oppression and was sent to Robben Island. Mandela "fought against white domination, and [he] fought against black domination. [He] cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony with equal opportunities" (Nelson Mandela Legacy Cup, 2014). In the article by Paulo Freire, he explains oppression as a form of dehumanization through injustice and exploitation; by providing a significant explanation, examples, and propositions to overcome the issue, he is able to successfully support his argument. This will be proven by analyzing into how Freire describes
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Paulo Freire describes oppression as a form of dehumanization through injustice and exploitation. These injustices endanger violence in oppressors which result in dehumanizing the oppressed (Freire, 2000, p. 28). If an act prevents people from becoming more fully human, is classified as a form of oppression (Freire, 2000, p. 42). Those who have been oppressed have a skewed perception of themselves as being oppressed because they have been so submerged in the reality of oppression it has become unrecognizable to their own eye (Freire, 2000, p. 30). During these forms of oppression, of which dehumanizes the oppressed, but also shows the oppressors are in turn dehumanized (Freire, 2000, p. 32). This causes a vicious cycle of oppression because oppression gives way to liberation. But this liberation leads to the idea of the new man which the oppressed will try to liberate and become free, but unfortunately results in the oppressed becoming an oppressor (Freire, 2000, p. 30).
Paulo Freire describes oppression as a form of dehumanization through injustice and exploitation. These injustices endanger violence in oppressors which result in dehumanizing the oppressed (Freire, 2000, p. 28). If an act prevents people from becoming more fully human, is classified as a form of oppression (Freire, 2000, p. 42). Those who have been oppressed have a skewed perception of themselves as being oppressed because they have been so submerged in the reality of oppression it has become unrecognizable to their own eye (Freire, 2000, p. 30). During these forms of oppression, of which dehumanizes the oppressed, but also shows the oppressors are in turn dehumanized (Freire, 2000, p. 32). This causes a vicious cycle of oppression because oppression gives way to liberation. But this liberation leads to the idea of the new man which the oppressed will try to liberate and become free, but unfortunately results in the oppressed becoming an oppressor (Freire, 2000, p. 30).