Intersectionality Quote by Shiri Eisner

Oppression is something that one group of people commits against another group specifically because of a threatening characteristic shared by the latter group.

— Robin Morgan

The essence of oppression is that one is defined from the outside by those who define themselves as superior by criteria of their own…

— Andrea Dworkin

“Oppression is domesticating. The gravest obstacle to the achievement of liberation is that oppressive reality absorbs those within it and thereby acts to submerge…

— Paulo Freire

[U]nless oppressed groups stick together, and on alliances of self interest rather than do-goodism; nothing can be accomplished in the long run to dismantle…

— Shulamith Firestone

“You look at us and you see oppression; we see stability and harmony. You see corruption; we see ties of family, friendship, and mutual…

— Michael Gruber

“Like any oppressed people, they defined themselves by what offended them, which”

— Stacy Schiff

“When we oppose oppression, we lift our hands from the collective reins that empower such oppression.”

— Bryant McGill

“Oppression evolves, like everything else.”

— Steve Aylett

“human societies always define themselves by their narrowest possible interests.That they are exclusive not inclusive.”

— Joel Shepherd

“No matter how primitive a community is, it is against any type of oppression.”

— Suwardi Surjaningrat

“The actions aligned with the insight of interbeing reinforce the notion that we are all connected. They integrate, not separate. They are for all…

— Juan Pablo Quiñonez

“This, then, is the great humanistic and historical task of the oppressed: to liberate themselves and their oppressors as well.”

— Paulo Freire