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    They suffer oppression from the dominant groups in society. In the text “Prejudice and Discrimination‚” Warren J. Blumenfeld and Diane Raymond talks about how many people suffer from racism‚ stereotypes and prejudice. This mainly refers to the oppressed groups. These groups experience forms of racial injustice. They are pointed out by their skin color‚ their affiliations and views. In society‚ cultural imperialism appears where there is always a dominant group and the “other”. The dominant groups

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    and experienced by minorities. Anzaldua explains she is oppressed for being a women‚ Mexican‚ and lesbian. Levi shows how the Jewish people and other prisoners were oppressed in the Holocaust at the camp in Auschwitz. Chrystos shows how the Native Americans had their land taken away‚ were tortured and killed my the white race who thought they were superior. The Native American children were taken and put into government schools that oppressed the children. In all of the writings you see oppression

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    style government. Dracula and Trannsylvania represent an oppressed country being run by a dictator. Team Van Helsing‚ consisting of Van Helsing‚ Harker‚ Mina‚ Lucy‚ Seward‚ Holmwood‚ and Morris‚ represent the upper middle class of a neighboring country. When Dracula begins expanding his rule into Team Van Helsing’s country‚ they eventually revolt and overthrow him‚ In Dracula‚ Count Dracula represents a dictator ruling over an oppressed country‚ which is represented by Trannsylvania. Dracula lives

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    Rights movement. First‚ in the sentence‚ "Particularly since the advent of television‚ Americans are able to feel more empathy for others who are being oppressed‚ which can help to bring about positive social change." basically saying that the media is trying to aid the oppressed. Like saying that the media doesn’t want the public to be oppressed‚ so they give the public information about what is going on in the US to make the public relize what is going on in the US. Second‚ it also says "Cameras

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    When we are oppressed we want to bring about change so that the oppression is no longer felt by us and is recognised by the oppressors as wrong. From the beginning the author’s main purpose is apparent. The metaphors and emotive language Grace Nichols uses‚ illustrates to us the reality of oppression towards blacks‚ through her experienced eyes. These techniques are prevalent in the poems‚ "Of Course When They Ask for Poems About the Realities of Black Women" and "The Fat Black Woman Goes Shopping"

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    The interaction between the narrator and Irene portray race through the perception‚ silencing‚ and breakthrough of oppressed individuals. Narrating Passing in the third person perspective parallels the concept of race. The third person perspective is that of an outsider looking in. The person who is narrating is distant from the person of narration. Therefore‚ because of third person perspective‚ the readers create a perspective of the character based off the narrator’s point of view. And this is

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    seen as oppressing the female population‚ and Plath as a figure in her poem‚ in comparison to the way Hitler oppressed the Jews. “Marble-heavy” is used to describe this figure‚ weighing down upon the females‚ making them struggle for female identity and independence. The adjective

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    onward and prospering. The most eminent lines of the song‚ “Emancipate yourself from mental slavery / None but ourselves can free our minds” sustains thought that it is not the responsibility of the oppressors to free the oppressed; this assignment can only be completed by the oppressed themselves. Through the complete song‚ Bob Marley maintains an optimistic tone. He appears to believe that through all the pain and agony of slaves his generation will be able to formulate a difference. Evidence of

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    and favor one group of people above the other‚ and victims are the people being oppressed. Bystanders are people who do nothing as they see poeple being oppressed. An example would be the narrator from Maurice Ogden’s Hangman. On the other hand‚ upstanders stand up for the cause they believe in‚ like the French woman in the movie Pigeon. Bystanders are people who stand by and do nothing as they see others being oppressed.

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    " Cone has more of a defensive style. Cone writes‚ "God is the liberator who empowers the poor of the world to fight against their oppressors" and "God is identified with the oppressed to the point that their experience becomes God’s experience‚ or God is a God of racism." Cone feels God is on the side of the oppressed‚ blacks‚ and wants their liberation; Cone moves on to say that God is Black because he identifies with the weak. Cone draws his loyalties from the "Black church‚" and the "Civil

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