The behavior of the oppressed is a prescribed behavior, following as it does the guidelines of the oppressor.
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It is absolutely essential that the oppressed participate in the revolutionary process with an increasingly critical awareness of their role as subjects of the transformation.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The oppressed must be actively involved in their own transformation and understand their critical role in the revolutionary process.
Paulo Freire emphasizes the importance of the oppressed being active participants in their own liberation. This quote highlights that true change comes from a deep awareness and understanding of one's role in the struggle for transformation, suggesting that empowerment and critical consciousness among the oppressed are essential for effective revolutionary action.
Themes
OppressedParticipationRevolutionTransformationAwareness
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about social justice, this quote can highlight the necessity for community engagement.
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Critical and liberating dialogue, which presupposes action, must be carried on with the oppressed at whatever the stage of their struggle for liberation. The content of that dialogue can and should vary in accordance with historical conditions and the level at which the oppressed perceive reality.
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This pedagogy makes oppression and its causes objects of reflection by the oppressed, and from that reflection will come their necessary engagement in the struggle for their liberation. And in the struggle this pedagogy will be made and remade
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The oppressors do not perceive their monopoly on having more as a privilege which dehumanizes others and themselves. They cannot see that, in the egoistic pursuit of having as a possessing class, they suffocate in their own possessions and no longer are; they merely have.
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