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Paulo Freire

“Any situation in which A objectively exploits B or hinders his pursuit of self-affirmation as a responsible person is an act of oppression. Such a situation in itself constitutes violence, even when sweetened by false generosity, because it interferes with the individual's ontological and historical vocation to be more fully human. With the establishment of a relationship of oppression, violence has already begun. Never in history has violence been initiated by the oppressed.”

Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire
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