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Paulo Freire

“But almost always, during the initial stage of the struggle, the oppressed, instead of striving for liberation, tend themselves to become oppressors, or “sub-oppressors.” The very structure of their thought has been conditioned by the contradictions of the concrete, existential situation by which they were shaped. Their ideal is to be men; but for them, to be men is to be oppressors. This is their model of humanity.”

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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