Beings Quote by Paulo Freire

How can the oppressed, as divided, unauthentic beings, participate in developing the pedagogy of their liberation? Only as they discover themselves to be 'hosts'…

— Paulo Freire

This book will present some aspects of what the writer has termed the pedagogy of the oppressed, a pedagogy which must be forged with,…

— Paulo Freire

No pedagogy which is truly liberating can remain distant from the oppressed by treating them as unfortunates and by presenting for their emulation models…

— Paulo Freire

“No pedagogy which is truly liberating can remain distant from the oppressed by treating them as unfortunates and by presenting for their emulation models…

— Paulo Freire

Certain members of the oppressor class join the oppressed in their struggle for liberation.

— Paulo Freire

This pedagogy makes oppression and its causes objects of reflection by the oppressed, and from that reflection will come their necessary engagement in the…

— Paulo Freire

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

— Paulo Freire

The greatest humanistic and historical task of the oppressed: to liberate themselves...

— Paulo Freire

Oppressed people, whatever their level of formal education, have the ability to understand and interpret the world around them, to see the world for…

— Ella Baker

An educator in a system of oppression is either a revolutionary or an oppressor.

— Lerone Bennett, Jr

In order for the oppressed to be able to wage the struggle for their liberation, they must perceive the reality of oppression not as…

— Paulo Freire

A liberation movement that is nonviolent sets the oppressor free as well as the oppressed.

— Barbara Deming