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The oppressed, instead of striving for liberation, tend themselves to become oppressors.
-Paulo Freire
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The Oppressed, Instead Of Striving For Liberation,

Paulo Freire
The oppressed, instead of striving for liberation, tend themselves to become oppressors.
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But almost always, during the initial stage of the struggle, the oppressed, instead of striving for liberation, tend themselves to become oppressors, or sub oppressors. the very structure of their thought has been conditioned by the contradiction of the concrete, existential situation by which they were shaped. their ideal is to be men; but for them to be men is to be oppressors
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How can the oppressed, as divided, unauthentic beings, participate in developing the pedagogy of their liberation? only as they discover themselves to be 'hosts' of the oppressor can they contribute to the midwifery of their liberating pedagogy. as long as they live in the duality in which to be is to be like and to be like is to be like the oppressor, this contribution is impossible. the pedagogy of the oppressed is an instrument for their critical discovery that both they and their oppressors are manifestations of dehumanization.
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I cannot make myself believe that god wanted me to hate. i'm tired of violence, i've seen too much of it. i've seen such hate on the faces of too many sheriffs in the south. and i'm not going to let my oppressor dictate to me what method i must use. our oppressors have used violence. our oppressors have used hatred. our oppressors have used rifles and guns. i'm not going to stoop down to their level. i want to rise to a higher level. we have a power that can't be found in molotov cocktails.
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In order for this struggle to have meaning, the oppressed must not, in seeking to regain their humanity (which is a way to create it), become in turn oppressors of the oppressors, but rather restorers of the humanity of both
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