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His next book, School of Woke, compared the oppressed–oppressor binary supposedly taught in American schools with the Cultural Revolution’s Black and Red categories of disfavored and favored social classes.
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Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
Its doctrine held that priests had a responsibility not just to prepare souls for the afterlife but also to fight for the rights of the poor and the oppressed.
—D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
Consistently voicing concerns about the treatment of the oppressed — a key moral value — should be part of any dialogue with the Communist Party.
—Karishma Vaswani, The Mercury News, 14 Sep. 2024
If anyone knows how to contact Ralph Nader, please tell him Big Energy has gone too far in co-opting the language of the oppressed … or something like that.
—Pete Cottell, WIRED, 8 Aug. 2024
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Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
Its doctrine held that priests had a responsibility not just to prepare souls for the afterlife but also to fight for the rights of the poor and the oppressed.
—D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
Consistently voicing concerns about the treatment of the oppressed — a key moral value — should be part of any dialogue with the Communist Party.
—Karishma Vaswani, The Mercury News, 14 Sep. 2024
If anyone knows how to contact Ralph Nader, please tell him Big Energy has gone too far in co-opting the language of the oppressed … or something like that.
—Pete Cottell, WIRED, 8 Aug. 2024
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“The oppressed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20oppressed. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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