But what is their definition of the oppressed? It is not the economically oppressed that they have come to defend but the culturally oppressed. African Americans, regardless of their economic status, suffer from the effects of racism. Hispanics suffer from xenophobia, as do Muslims. Those who deviate from the sexual norm are the victims of homophobia. Women are the victims of misogyny. Racism, xenophobia, homophobia, and misogyny are all defects in the victimizer. Therefore, they believe, it is the victimizer who must be constrained and reformed, by reshaping his thinking and punishing those
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