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<p>We have been socialized in cultures founded | <p>We have been socialized in cultures founded on layers of oppression. We perpetuate what we are socialized into unless there are active efforts to learn and counter the harmful behaviours, situations and ideas that were present when we were born into this world. Our oppressive actions divide us, diminish large groups of people, and inhibit our ability to organize broad-based movements that can win.</p> | ||
Revision as of 21:07, 19 October 2022
“Doing anti-oppression work […] is not only about confronting individual examples of bigotry or societal examples, it is also about confronting ourselves and our own roles of power and oppression in our communities and in the general context." - Stephanie Jeremie, La Forge. Anti-oppression involves deconstructing the oppressive ideas of the dominant culture that one has internalized (i.e. sexism, the patriarchy, racism, ableism etc).
Why is anti-oppressive work so critical?
We have been socialized in cultures founded on layers of oppression. We perpetuate what we are socialized into unless there are active efforts to learn and counter the harmful behaviours, situations and ideas that were present when we were born into this world. Our oppressive actions divide us, diminish large groups of people, and inhibit our ability to organize broad-based movements that can win.
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