Toyin Agbetu

In chapter 1, Freire stresses the concept of humanization and dehumanization. Mankind has qualities that make us human beings as understanding, freedom and integrity. Freire emphasized that not only do people need to demonstrate the qualities to others, but for yourself. He mentioned to realize humanity, we must also admit inhuman. With the loss of humanity, the humanity of a person had been stolen; so he became oppressed. For those who are oppressed, to be is to have continuity and control over

Religion in the modern world is inescapable. Even if an individual does not consider oneself to be “religious” they are constantly surrounded by its presence due to the influence religion has had on society. Even though the United States proclaims in the constitution that individuals have the freedom to practice their own religion, in many cases the minority religions are belittled and the individuals who practice those religions are disproportionately prosecuted. This is the case seen in the the

Historically, men have been considered the only sex and women, the Other, and as a result, men’s views and opinions have created myths of what women in society are expected to conform to and exhibit. Many of the expectations developed are restrictive and oppressive to women. One such expectation that men have developed and perpetuated is that a woman exists to fulfill his sexual needs. Man is the superior being and his “ideal woman” is one that will unquestionably submit to his domination (Beauvoir

In the “The Handmaid’s Tale” a dystopian novel by Margaret Atwood, Atwood explains the reasons for domination over women that can be applied to todays’ male domination over women. Atwood throughout commentary disguise the ways male are able to preserve their higher status over women which is by executing unnoticeably oppressive language towards females combined with the absence of inquires about that language. Atwood uses Offred, the main character to show her observation of the time before Gilead

Spokesperson and leader of the Civil rights, Marther Luther King Jr., once said, “the ultimate tradegy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.”Oppression has, is, and always will be part of a society and there will always be oppressors; however, it is up to the individuals being oppressed to speak up and end the oppression that occurs in a community, it is there job to identify the rights and wrongs and not let the cycle of oppression continue

Despite national borders, cultural differences, and various political ideologies, social injustice occurs everywhere. The readings from class demonstrate the universality of social injustice whether it be discrimination of race, gender, sexuality, religion, or ethnicity. In three of the readings, “A Lesson before Dying,” by Earnest J. Gaines, Malala Yousafzai’s speech to the United Nations, and “The Little Alligator” by Martin Espada, we can analyze how people are mistreated and their reactions to

One of example of discrimination in the film comes from Tarek’s arrest. The NYPD assume that Tarek has jumped the turnstop while entering the subway even though he paid. When Tarek tries to tell the police that he paid for the subway ride he is ignored. Even when Walter tries to stick up for Tarek and possibly use his own white privilege to tell the police that Tarek paid he is silenced. Ethnocentrism is also displayed once Tarek is placed in the detention center because in the waiting room of the

William Shakespeare displays how oppression can stem from a formerly unjust relationship in the play King Lear. While the character of King Lear descends into madness, his three daughters, Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia, all suffer from the dominance of their father as he begs for their love. During this time of power transition, the daughters turn their oppressing father into the oppressed. Through the use of juxtaposition in how Lear's three daughters oppress him, Shakespeare conveys how previously

The following is a sample Summary, Analysis, Response essay about the article, “The Three Ways of Meeting Oppression,” by Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks of oppression and oppressed people. He explains the 3 ways on how people deal with oppression. The first is thru acquiescence, which means that they reluctantly accept something without any protest. He describes it as “the type of negative freedom and resignation that often engulfs the life of the oppressed…To accept passively

When I was a little girl I always fought for other people’s rights in society. My mother used to ask me where I got that passion from, and told me it was not from her or my father. I always seemed to care about the people that did not have anything, or did not get to do what I did and thought of as normal. I would not say that I grew up in a racist or particularly prejudice home, but throughout the years I realized that many people in my family expressed dislike toward people that were different