Pedagogy Of The Oppressed, By Paulo Freire

In “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” by Paulo Freire, he talks about humanization and dehumanization. Freire wants us to know that these two things can lead to losing the way you see a human being. By recognizing humanization we acknowledge that dehumanization is happening, when you dehumanize a person you have stolen their humanity and this leads to the person being oppressed.The oppressors also believe that the oppressed are in that position because they are lazy and incompetent. Also that the oppressed are not grateful for what the oppressor are doing to the oppressed and so they must be watched (Freire, p.59). Freire then talks about how the oppressed and the oppressor must work together in order to restore the humanity of both the oppressed and the oppressor.
Freire mention that it will become hard for the oppressed to strive for their liberation that sometimes themselves become the oppressors or “sub-oppressors” because the oppressor has been in this situation for a while the oppressed have accustomed to that lifestyle. Fear of freedom is when the oppressed cannot think for themselves even though they know that they are being downtrodden they fear of what will become of them if they liberate