Tag: Oppressors

The Oppressed become Oppressors

In Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Paulo Freire writes, “The oppressed, instead of striving for liberation, tend themselves to become oppressors.” He is showing how, often instead of choosing to be, people previously oppressed turn into the people doing the oppressing. Oppression is desc...

The Oppressors Broke Me

I hate this life. I hate almost everything about it. I hate that I have to sell my time and, according to the middle management overlords, my autonomy, creativity, and literal thoughts to get access to the resources I need to survive. I hate that I spent 40+ years of my life having to figure out the...