Because the generative and even codified material is often (though not always) unobjectionable, challenges to the Freirean approach are often rebuffed successfully through gaslighting and public-relations attacks. For instance, challenges to a Freirean codification might be answered with “this is just teaching about slavery,” “you just want to ban books about slavery (so you can go back to it),” or “you don’t want people to develop empathy for LGBT people,” all of which (intentionally) obscure the deeper purpose of the codified lesson and program of thought reform of which it is the second
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