The Oppressed

“The oppressed, instead of striving for liberation, tend themselves to become oppressors.” – Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Before the 1909 strike where more than 20,000 garment shirtwaist makers walked out to picket for better wages and improved working conditions, there was the Lowell Mills women who organized to protest wage cuts in 1834 and again in 1836. The rebellious act of the Lowell Mills women was poignant, as it embarked a mass movement for workers’ rights in the United…

In the psychology field, specifically race and racism it is an “opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of multiple oppression and the intricate lives of individuals predicated upon race.” A specific issue, which I would like to address would be ebony individuals living in a predominately white society. Furthermore, expressing the racial (intentional /unintentional) judgments made on African-Americans. Specifically, African-American physiques, skin tones, hair textures, and significant…

Women have been the most oppressed in the history of American society. In the Philippine culture women live a difficult oppressed life compared to the men. In the reading We Don’t Sleep Around Like white Girls, by Yen Le Espiritu she explains the different limitations that men and women have in the Philippine culture. Women in this culture are oppressed in which they aren’t allowed to do as they wish. Men in this race have freedom in which…

The oppressed groups in India, South America and the United States were similarly going through the same thing. The oppressed group in India were mentally and physically enslaved. Their way of life had been altered and westernized. The British in India used the idea of western civilization to enslave the Indians. The British used laws to keep the Indians oppressed . Laws about what they could and could not do. The Africans in South Africa were being oppressed by the government shutting them out…

vampires and they formed their own government system. Similar to Stoker and Matheson need their own characteristics of vampires to express something that is oppressed or feared in a society, Alan Ball, the creator and the producer of the series, needed his own characteristics of vampires, such as above, to express something that is currently oppressed in the United States, which is Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights. LGBT have limited rights in the United States. LGBT “are not…

was effective because after King put this program into action Birmingham's public schools were integrated in September 1963. Mahatma Gandhi is another leader to look to for nonviolent methods to resist social oppression. “Serving as the voice of oppressed people all over the world, Gandhi brought them self-empowerment, greater autonomy, and freedom from oppression. He pursued a strategy of "Satyagraha," based on the principles of "Truth" (fairness and justice), "Ahimsa" (nonviolence and…

in a world of oppressors and oppressed, the communication will not be possible … How will we communicate among us if we live in different…

Campaign for the Defiance of the Unjust Laws for the oppressed and downtrodden populations of South Africa. This campaign spread very quickly. However, the Campaign for the Defiance of the Unjust Laws required people from all walks of life, from chiefs to doctors, to make sacrifices and give up their careers immediately. Nelson Mandela thinks that defiances is a way that oppressed peoples can get social and political justice. When the oppressed peoples of Africa all agreed to show defiances, it…

Feminist Epistemology: The Form that will Break the Matrix of Domination Knowledge is the source for meaningful change and is paramount in liberating oppressed groups. I will use Patricia Collins’ theory that knowledge produces change that will not fall into the matrix of domination and illustrations from her writing to support this idea (251). The current validation process of knowledge is oppressive: Eurocentric epistemology. Collins highlights it’s oppressive effects on Black women in…

oppression, both socially and economically. The rise of liberation theology gave society the opportunity to reclaim their religion to pursue a new life, a happier life that would make way for a more just society. Both Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed and Che Guevara’s concept of the “new man” in his article, “Socialism and man in Cuba”, outlined the flaws of the working class and the steps that need to be taken in order to free themselves from their oppressors. The pedagogy deals with…