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It could also, of course, be a question asked of any dominant culture by any oppressed, silenced or subjugated culture.
IN SAN FRANCISCO, ARRESTING SCULPTURES DISRUPT LIFE AT THE INTERSECTION OF AFROFUTURISM AND HIPPIE VIBESSEBASTIAN SMEEJULY 8, 2021WASHINGTON POST
It is no coincidence therefore that the burden of stigma fell above all on the marginalized and the oppressed.
HOW COLONIALISM AND CAPITALISM HELPED PLACE A STIGMA ON MENTAL ILLNESSBALAJI RAVICHANDRANFEBRUARY 12, 2021WASHINGTON POST
“There are so many oppressed communities, so many things going on that are just bigger than a ball going in the rim,” he asserted.
KYRIE IRVING RETURNS TO NETS AFTER SEVEN-GAME ABSENCE, SAYS HE ‘JUST NEEDED A PAUSE’DES BIELERJANUARY 20, 2021WASHINGTON POST
He was using Twitter to politically oppress people, if you think about the context of use and the months of him claiming the election had been stolen from him.
‘DISINFORMATION CAN BE A VERY LUCRATIVE BUSINESS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE GOOD AT IT,’ MEDIA SCHOLAR SAYSJOE HEIMJANUARY 19, 2021WASHINGTON POST
In some cases, oppressed journalists find themselves at heightened risk of falling fatally ill.
THESE 10 JOURNALISTS FACE ADDITIONAL THREATS FROM COVID-19LBELANGER225DECEMBER 2, 2020FORTUNE
Learn to do well: seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge for the fatherless, defend the widow.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUS
They all seemed as if oppressed by some disappointment, but their looks changed instantly on the entrance of the visitor.
THE GARRET AND THE GARDENR.M. BALLANTYNE
A commonwealth, oppressed and pillaged by such men as Opimius and Verres, was free, because it had no king.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II.THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY
Oppressed and degraded humanity was about to take vengeance for its ages of accumulated wrongs.
MADAME ROLAND, MAKERS OF HISTORYJOHN S. C. ABBOTT
To remove a tyrant is an act of liberation, the giving of life and opportunity to an oppressed people.
PRISON MEMOIRS OF AN ANARCHISTALEXANDER BERKMAN
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