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Many of the Oppressed are the Pastors of our Congregations.
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"Oppressed," writes Boone, "with the distresses of the country and bereaved of me, her only happiness, she had undertaken her long and perilous journey through the wilderness."
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How ironic that the "Oppressed" that flee to canada will quickly become the "Oppressors" on our soil with endless "No Justice-No peace" Economic-Terrorism blockades to halt commerce and prevent access to Hospitals for the seriously ill and injured,plus some even commit Child-Abuse and acts of Human Rights violation by using babies and females as Human-Shields as they assault the Police and Occupy a Canadian Highway where some then use the babies and females as shields.
Most 'police officers' killed in Gaza were terrorists.... GayandRight 2009
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His most famous work, "Pedagogy of the Oppressed," was given accolades at Harvard in the 1970s, but is now one of the 50 most banned books in the U.S. -- alongside "To Kill A Mockingbird."
Jeanine Molloff: Teaching : A Political Tool for Repression or Freedom Jeanine Molloff 2010
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Oppressed minorities includeHouseRepubs: We are using social media to expose repression such as last night's D clampdown shutting off amends
Iran Election Live-Blogging (Wednesday June 17) The Huffington Post News Team 2009
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Oppressed by the recollection of my various misfortunes, I now swallowed double my usual quantity, and soon slept profoundly.
Chapter 21 2010
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Nesha Haniff, the University of Michigan Center for African-American Studies professor who first introduced me to Lorde, had also brought Paolo Friere's Pedagogy of the Oppressed and Nawal El Saadawi's Woman at Point Zero, among other texts, into my world and changed me forever.
Gina Athena Ulysse: Teaching Black Feminism and Paying it Forward Gina Athena Ulysse 2010
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed was utilized as a resource in implementing our pedagogy and introducing our students to the idea of problem posing education vs banking education.
Jeff Biggers: As Arizona Moves Bills for Guns and Bibles in Classroom, Tucson Teacher Calls for Return of Banished Books: Interview With Norma Gonzalez Jeff Biggers 2012
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Nesha Haniff, the University of Michigan Center for African-American Studies professor who first introduced me to Lorde, had also brought Paolo Friere's Pedagogy of the Oppressed and Nawal El Saadawi's Woman at Point Zero, among other texts, into my world and changed me forever.
Gina Athena Ulysse: Teaching Black Feminism and Paying it Forward Gina Athena Ulysse 2010
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Nesha Haniff, the University of Michigan Center for African-American Studies professor who first introduced me to Lorde, had also brought Paolo Friere's Pedagogy of the Oppressed and Nawal El Saadawi's Woman at Point Zero, among other texts, into my world and changed me forever.
Gina Athena Ulysse: Teaching Black Feminism and Paying it Forward Gina Athena Ulysse 2010
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