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A list of must-read books about the oppression, marginalisation and resistance of Dalits | CJP
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In the worst of these conditions, knowledge is wielded as a tool of power through which education systems can actively oppress entire populations, preventing the awareness of their own agency in their lives.
Seth Goldenberg • Radical Curiosity: Questioning Commonly Held Beliefs to Imagine Flourishing Futures
How Comedy Became a Dystopian Imperial Hell World
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This statement means that while personal bias, opinion, or perspective (i.e., the subjective element) is unavoidable and inevitable—especially in human observation, interpretation, and decision-making—we should still try to limit its influence as much as possible. The best way to do that is by using the scientific method, which provides structured,... See more
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When oppressed people become complicit in their oppression, joining the dominant class in their ideas about what we are, it is symbolic violence.
Tressie McMillan Cottom • Thick: And Other Essays
We can say, to put it briefly, that up to the present mankind has known two principal forms of oppression, the one (slavery or serfdom) exercised in the name of armed force, the other in the name of wealth thus transformed into capital; what we have to determine is whether these are not now being succeeded by a new species of oppression, oppression
... See moreSimone Weil • Oppression and Liberty
The same goes, of course, for human beings. The distancing effect of language facilitates exploitation, cruelty, murder, and genocide. When the other party to a relationship is a mere member of a generic category, be it “customer,” “terrorist,” or “employee,” exploitation or murder comes much more easily. Racial epithets serve the same purpose: we
... See moreCharles Eisenstein • The Ascent of Humanity: Civilization and the Human Sense of Self
five forms of oppression: 1) Exploitation; 2) Marginalization; 3) Powerlessness; 4) Cultural Dominance; 5) Violence.