Paulo Freire Oppressed Quotations

At a certain point in their existential experience, the oppressed feel an irresistible attraction toward the oppressor and his way of life. Sharing this way of life becomes an overpowering aspiration.

Critical and liberating dialogue, which presupposes action, must be carried on with the oppressed at whatever the stage of their struggle for liberation. The content of that dialogue can and should vary in accordance with historical conditions and the level at which the oppressed perceive reality.

Liberating education consists in acts of cognition, not transferrals of information

The oppressed, having internalized the image of the oppressor and adopted his guidelines, are fearful of freedom.

It is only the oppressed who, by freeing themselves, can free their oppressors.

The oppressed, instead of striving for liberation, tend themselves to become oppressors.

The former oppressors do not feel liberated. On the contrary, they genuinely consider themselves to be oppressed.

The oppressed find in the oppressors their model of 'manhood.'

Any attempt to treat people as semihumans only dehumanizes them...

Education is suffering from narration sickness.

It is not suprising that the banking concept of education regards men as adaptable, manageable beings.