The Oppressed

Buck Angel’s “The Power Of My Vagina” illustrates the difficulty humans encounter living in a society where our bodies are owned, policed and subjected to follow the norms due to the social construct attached to a single word. To better understand the way in which a society “owns” our bodies from a simple construct of a word, we examine multiple perspectives from people of different races, genders, geography, and backgrounds. From literally being owned due to the social construct of race, to…

The assumptions of empowerment theory are reasonable because of it aims to reduce powerlessness that have been created by labelling the vulnerable and oppressed. The principle of empowerment theories is practically applied to social work practice as a central goal and a process of social work practice. It serves as a framework for a social worker to understand phases of assessment, practice strategies, and methods in working with the people. The theory is applicable across settings of people in…

They were the victims of the whites and the blacks, doubly oppressed, the color and gender, racism and sexism, poverty and powerlessness. The double slavery imposed upon them was horrible. They became the slaves of their husbands. This is the picture presented by Walker in her factional world. Hence, Celie, the protagonist…

heard a song, and countless sparrows twittering in the eaves.” Everything that Louise experiences is joyous and chances of opportunities. She found joy in watching the world around her, whether it be nature, human beings, or animals. She has been so oppressed by her marriage that she could not even look outside and enjoy…

China . But this is not enough to reduce the hostilities and contradiction of Tibetan minority towards the Han majority stemmed from the cultural revolution in which Red guards and collectivization destroy Tibetan culture and Tibetan got bloody oppressed , thus Deng realized the important of containing Tibetan culture and Tibet’s drive for autonomy , he…

The second chapter of the pedagogy of the oppressed, explains the “banking concept of education and the loop holes/faults within it. He explains banking education as a wrong method, and proposes a new method of “ problem-posing” education as the most effective one after the comparison of both. According to Friere, the teachers in banking education assume students as passive learners (containers or receptacles), and the teachers take all control, determine what will be learned, and “fill”…

impact the law in some way. This can then be applied to the analysis of how things were for gay people before and after Stonewall. Prior to Stonewall, gay people were forced to remain silent about their sexual orientation and were forced to remain oppressed. While after the Stonewall Riots people became more tolerant of the LGBT community because of the support they gathered, this can be seen in annual pride…

Audre Lorde was a twentieth century feminist, civil rights activist, poet and author who provided voice to those oppressed due to their identity in American culture. Lorde was born in 1934 and throughout her lifetime she lived through some of the greatest social movements The United States of America has ever seen including: The Civil Rights Movement and The Women’s Liberation Movement. However, with this, Lorde also lived in a time of social and civil injustice and all of this seemingly sparked…

They call you Mister Steve Biko now you’re dead this is the poem that I have chosen. In this essay I am going to be explaining the meaning of the poem and also what effects it has on me. I am also going to give the reader an overview of Steve Biko. As Gabeba Baderoon has said in his statement poetry is an element that has given the suppressed a voice even more so during Apartheid when people were suppressed. The poem about Steve Biko is an extraordinary example of someone making his voice heard…

Mao Tse-tung and Monique Wittig are two influential revolutionary figures whose ideas and works are largely influenced by the social revolution theory proposed by Karl Marx. Mao, just like Marx, pays particular attention to the conflicts of interests between classes and revolution movement as a manifestation of those contradictions. He adopts Marxist theory and adapts it to China, where instead of a proletariat revolution, he considers an agrarian revolution led by the peasant. Wittig recognizes…