oppression, n.Definitions

Oppression is a process whereby all oppressed people are authorized, whenever they can, to rise and break their fetters.

Oppression is a process whereby the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed.

Oppression is a process whereby human beings are so made that because the ones who do the crushing feel nothing, to understand it, one must have placed oneself on the side of the oppressed.

Oppression is a process whereby the mind of the oppressed constitutes the most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor.

Oppression is a process whereby it is doubtful whether the oppressed ever fight for freedom. They fight for pride and power-power to oppress others.

Oppression is a process whereby , if the oppressed stands up and protests, it costs the oppressor too much. The protest need not be merely physical the throwing of stones and bullets if it is mental, spiritual... if it expresses itself in silent, persistent dissatisfaction, the cost to the oppressor is terrific.

Oppression 1s 2bject is oppression, just as the object of terrorism is terrorism, just as the object of torture is torture, just as the object of murder is murder, and the object of power is power.

Oppression is a process whereby the oppressed is always learning from and copying the oppressor so that when the tables are turned, the roles are reversed, and reversed, and reversed ad nauseam.