Discovering himself to be an oppressor may cause considerab… - Paulo Freire

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Discovering himself to be an oppressor may cause considerable anguish, but it does not necessarily lead to solidarity with the oppressed.

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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A fact which is not denied but whose truths are rationalized loses its objective base. It ceases to be concrete and becomes a myth created in defense of the class of the perceiver.

Yet only through communication can human life hold meaning.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

Discovering himself to be an oppressor may cause considerable anguish, but it does not necessarily lead to solidarity with the oppressed. - Paulo Freire

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