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oppressor

noun as in tyrant

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It doesn’t see the world as a battle between oppressors and the oppressed.

But the district also acknowledged that some of the materials created by outside groups violated the district’s policy on teaching controversial subjects and cast Palestinians as victims and Israelis as oppressors.

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"The massacre of innocent civilians and our domestic cricket players by these oppressors is a heinous, unforgivable crime," wrote Afghan international cricketer Fazalhaq Farooqi on Facebook.

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He is the avatar of the oppressor who wants to believe he’s the victim.

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It’s an artistic choice that also blurs boundaries between oppressed and oppressors, revealing the complicity of the American Dream.

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