Oppression

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Oppression

• A voyage into the hell of others.

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Oppression

• Exists when any entity (society, organization,
  group or individual) intentionally or
  unintentionally inequitably distributes resources
• refuses to share power,
• imposes ethnocentric culture
• and/or maintains unresponsive and inflexible
  institutional policies and practices toward
  another entity for its supposed benefit
• rationalizes its action by blaming or ignoring
  the victim

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The isms

• Racism
• Sexism
• Heterosexism
• Ableism
• Ageism
• Xenophobia

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BUZZWORDS

• Colonialism
• Ethnocentrism
• Eurocentrism
• Imperialism
• Neocolonialism

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Colonialism

• (1)the policy of a nation seeking to extend its
  authority over other territories.
• (2)control by a nation over a dependent
  territory. Additionally, the exploitation of
  resources (land, minerals, labor, ect.) belonging
  to one group or nation for the benefit of another
  group or nation.

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Ethnocentrism

• The belief that one's own race, nation or culture
  is superior to all others and actions or
  institutional practices based on that belief.

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Eurocentrism

• The consideration of events and people
  exclusively from the perspective of whites who
  came from Europe.

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Imperialism

• The policy and practice of forming and
  maintaining an empire in modern times, it is
  characterized by a struggle for the control of
  raw materials and world markets, the subjugation
  and control of territories, the establishment of
  colonies, etc.

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Neocolonialism

• (1)the control of former colonies by colonial
  power, especially by economic means.
• (2) the indirect economic or political
  influencing of other nations or peoples by a very
  powerful nation. Control is maintained through
  military persence and economic maneuvers.

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"Here at home and throughout the world people are
fighting back against the forces of wealth,
privilege, and militarism - some because they
have no choice, others because they would choose
no other course but the one that leads to peace
and justice." -Michael Parenti
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12 year-old Francisco picks at the cave wall by
the light of a candle. The children spend roughly
8 hours a day inside the caves, which rapidly
heat up because of the candles.
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10 year-old Mateo sweats as he dumps a load of
dirt outside his cave.
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The finished product, an amber statue sold for
several hundred dollars to tourists in the town
of San Cristobal de las Casas.
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The conflict between those who have and have not
many times lead to the ultimate tragedy -- Death
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Father protecting a his young child in Chiapas
and Mothers mourning the loss of their children.
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Young Girl in Pakistan sewing soccer balls for
Western consumption
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Thoughts about Injustice and Oppression
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The mass of mankind has not been born with
saddles on their backs, nor are a favored few
booted and spurred to ride them legitimately by
the grace of God.
Mankind censure injustice fearing that they may
be the victim of it, and not because they shrink
from committing it.
Any dictatorship can have only one aim
self-perpetuation.
To rule by fettering the mind through fear of
punishment in another world is just as base as to
use force.