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    When the Virginia Company landed at the James River in 1606 no one thought they had just planted the seeds to a powerful and mighty nation. The first immigrants who landed in "America" were a bedraggled bunch looking for a quick buck. Soon more would follow and colonies would sprout up‚ along with the hope of a better life. Michel – Guillaume Jean de Crèvecoer was a French emigrant who arrived in America in 1759 and traveled around the country for ten years. His travels gave him the inspiration to

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    the south during that time period. Putting his family and safety on the back burner‚ he proceeded to alter his skin to a black pigment and set off into the muggy south. No longer seen as a human by other whites‚ he discovered how the blacks were oppressed to the point of no hope. He walked the streets one night as a black man‚ hated and feared by whites and respected by fellow blacks. While the next night he walked the streets as a white and felt spite from the blacks and acceptance from the whites

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    society where the government uses survelence‚ fear‚ and physical violence to ensure the country’s stability. What lies benaeth this surface however‚ is an entirely different world of rebels‚ terrorists that stand for justice‚ and innocent people being oppressed. In animal farm‚ readers are shown a similar type of society. In both novels there is a struggle for power‚ good and bad. The bad form of power is already in place‚ and the people want to reinstill justice and equality

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    Tituba similarly sees her sacrifice of “Milk! Blood!... the essential liquids plus the docile flesh of the sacrificial victims?” as a means to gain the favor of her ancestors. (139) We find her viewing the sudden appearance of a bird emerging from the “motionless cinders” which rises‚ “straight up into the sun” as a sign of her supplication being answered. (139) Yet Tituba is powerless on her own for even if her sacrifice is answered with the death of a sailor pointing to the spirits demanding further

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    Class-Based Oppression

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    Through the use of exploitation the author references institutionalized oppression where the system is the cause of the oppression. This form of oppression has been apparent thorough out history‚ from the medieval time where the feudal system oppressed the serfs (lower class) system and granted the lords unique privileges or the 3 estates of the French revolution where the Roman Catholic Church was granted rights above all the other classes. This leads to the current problem which the

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    effects. The students would first have overviews of how a country’s education works with lectures of the curriculum. We would read the book Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire and literary works from authors like Jamaica Kincaid‚ who grew up in Antigua with schooling under the British colonial education system. Pedagogy of the Oppressed will introduce

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    This was a very interesting lesson from the viewpoint of the study of racism. I am very surprised that an elementary school teacher thought of such an emotionally complex lesson. The teacher‚ Jane Elliot discovered that ultimately racism boils down to an unjustified dislike or hatred of a person based on something that does not truly make people different‚ such as skin color. In trying to explain this to her students‚ she came up with a simple yet unbelievably effective exercise made to teach a lesson

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    Paulo Freire

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    Hung 1 Jocelyn Hung ENC_1102 Professor Rios 14 May‚ 2013 Introduction: Number Two In “Pedagogy of the Oppressed”‚ Paulo Freire presents two concepts of education‚ banking and problem-posing. Specifically‚ Freire argues that in banking‚ teachers assume students are passive‚ take all control‚ determine what will be learned‚ and “fill” students with pre-selected information. Problem-posing education allows people to develop their human natures fully because it depends on dialogue‚ recognizes

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    (1789- 1799) This fiery revolution by the oppressed in France set with the original goals‚ to create a constitutional monarchy and reform the structure of the nation‚ soon developed into a move to overthrow the king and establish a republic. The revolution was followed by a return of the monarchy‚ but the French people had learned that inequality did not have to be borne‚ and they were never again dominated as before by the privileged class. What had inspired the people? The American Influence

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    Feminist Theory

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    Feminist Theory Feminist theory is the extension of feminism into theoretical‚ or philosophical discourse‚ it aims to understand the nature of gender inequality. It examines women’s social roles and lived experience‚ and feminist politics in a variety of fields‚ such as anthropology and sociology‚ communication‚ psychoanalysis‚ economics‚ literary criticism‚ education‚ and philosophy. While generally providing a critique of social relations‚ much of feminist theory also focuses on analyzing gender

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