“It is necessary that the weakness of the powerless is transformed into a force capable of announcing justice. For this to happen, a total denouncement of fatalism is necessary. We are transformative beings and not beings for accommodation.”
― Pedagogy of the Oppressed
― Pedagogy of the Oppressed
“The oppressed, having internalized the image of the oppressor and adopted his guidelines, are fearful of freedom.”
― Pedagogy of the Oppressed
― Pedagogy of the Oppressed
“The oppressors do not favor promoting the community as a whole, but rather selected leaders.”
― Pedagogy of the Oppressed
― Pedagogy of the Oppressed
“Dehumanization, although a concrete historical fact, is not a given destiny but the result of an unjust order that engenders violence in the oppressors, which in turn dehumanizes the oppressed”
― Pedagogy of the Oppressed
― Pedagogy of the Oppressed
“No pedagogy which is truly liberating can remain distant from the oppressed by treating them as unfortunates and by presenting for their emulation models from among the oppressors. The oppressed must be their own example in the struggle for their redemption (Freire, 1970, p. 54).”
― Pedagogy of the Oppressed
― Pedagogy of the Oppressed
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