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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.
Guillermo
The goal is to create humanization (self actualization) without losing their own humanity and become oppressors. Hate to go this route, but think of the ending of Mockingjay when it is clear that part of the goal is to treat the elite the same way the others districts were treated as a form of revenge. In doing so, the oppressed were not gaining humanity but beginning to dehumanizing themselves as the new oppressors. So for the humanity to matter, both the former oppressed and their former oppressors must be allowed humanization (self actualization). Humanity should be restored for all, not just the oppressed as the oppressors had dehumanized themselves by thwarting others' humanity.
Pedagogy of the Oppressed: 50th Anniversary Edition
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