The Oppressed

Empire's inhumane acts toward innocent natives. As the Magistrate attempts to speak for the natives, he shows control over them by taking away their voices and replacing them with his own thoughts representing his own motives. The idea of the voiceless oppressed comes from Spivak’s influential piece about the possibility of speaking for the subaltern, in which she criticizes poststructuralist thinkers Gilles Deleuze's and Michael Foucault's claims that we can express the experience of the Other;…

the Asian Sisters can demonstrate an example of race within this wave (Euler, 2016, 5b). These groups show that these women were oppressed through not only gender, but race as well. Within the second wave, working class felt that they were unheard and looked down upon by middle class women (Euler, 2016, 12a). This example of class shows how although women were oppressed, even women were oppressors to women who were of a lower class than themselves. This makes working class women believe that…

The first time I felt like I was othered was just after I moved to Brooklyn from my native home of Trinidad. My neighborhood was culturally diverse but divided. For example, you knew when you were in a “Jewish” area because it was much cleaner and more affluent. The transition was immediate as you stepped onto the sidewalk in a Jewish community. Buildings would look newer, more pristine and even the sidewalk were free from gum, garbage and drug accoutrements. The Hebrews were very adamant about…

book called “Strive toward Freedom (1958)”, he explicates his opinion on the victims of oppression and their reactions in a systematic manner. He focuses his thoughts on victims or “the oppressed people” rather than discussing behavior of the oppressor. In that context, he talks about three different ways that oppressed people react toward the oppression. They include: acquiesces, physical violence, and nonviolence movement approaches. To me, he nonviolent resistance way of behaving towards the…

us. At times, oppression may appear in places where society would not consider to be oppression. Freire once said that we must be aware when we are being oppressed before we can act on the oppression. (Pedagogy 49). In order for one to act on oppression, he must first be aware he is being oppressed. But a person will not know he is being oppressed until he has knowledge on what oppression means. Oppression is an act of dehumanization performed by people who provides imagery that benefits them…

Andrea Smith Heteropatriachy and the Three Pillars of White Supremacy, highlights significant views of why an individual would have to leave their homeland and what structures produced it. In the article Smith discusses how different groups are oppressed by white supremacy and that there are several paths to freedom. In addition she states that there some structures that are set up to benefit one group and oppress another. Smith article stresses the importance of understanding the structures of…

I enjoy reading your post, The Universal Declaration was stated to be a common standard of accomplishment for all peoples and all nations, commencing a range of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights for all humans. These are high standards which were designed to change the whole focus of governments and humans. The adoption of the Declaration is a step forward in a great evolutionary process, the first occasion on which the organized community of nations has made a declaration…

The Oppressed Woman Among the cities and towns of this vast world, one would come across many societies that have women as important members. From Goddess to legal figures, women have been seen as nearly equals to their male counterparts in a vast majority of ways. However, take a religion that has claimed to be ancient keepers of peace and humanity. Then coupled that with the frightening bias views of the Western culture and the patriarchal rulings of the Eastern culture; the end result is…

of his song suggest the soldiers fighting are brave, as evident by his repetition of “these [soldiers] are men, America’s best” (Sadler). This word choice contributes to a proud tone. Furthermore, Sadler states “[a Green Beret] has died for those oppressed” (Sadler). This statement helps to reinforce the dominant ideology of the United States as those under a Communist regime were…

about his superhuman abilities. “...Hurdle a twenty story building,..Raise tremendous weights, Run faster than an express train…” He then begins to utilize these abilities to protect the innocent and oppressed. As a result, of his kind acts; Clark Kent transforms into Superman “A champion of the oppressed”.…