The oppressors, who oppress, exploit, and rape by virtue of… - Paulo Freire

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The oppressors, who oppress, exploit, and rape by virtue of their power, cannot find in this power the strength to liberate either the oppressed or themselves.

Paulo Freire

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Paulo Reglus Neves Freire (September 19, 1921 – May 2, 1997) was a Brazilian educator and theorist of critical pedagogy.

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To simply think about the people, as the dominators do, without any self-giving in that thought, to fail to think with the people, is a sure way to cease being revolutionary leaders.

The oppressed find in the oppressors their model of 'manhood.'

Only in the encounter of the people with the revolutionary leaders—in their communion, in their praxis—can this theory be built.

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