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- DictionaryOp·press/əˈpres/
verb
- 1. keep (someone) in subservience and hardship, especially by the unjust exercise of authority: "a system that oppressed working people"
4 days ago · v. t. e. Religious persecution is the systematic mistreatment of an individual or a group of individuals as a response to their religious beliefs or affiliations or their lack thereof. The tendency of societies or groups within societies to alienate or repress different subcultures is a recurrent theme in human history.
14 hours ago · Several of the most acute social problems in the U.S. intersect in the domain of reproductive justice (RJ). Considerations about choice and autonomy, our relationships with the natural world, current and historical dynamics of power and oppression, and ethical use of new (bio)technologies all converge when we begin to ask fundamental questions about what reproduction…
1 day ago · t. e. Eugenics ( / juːˈdʒɛnɪks / yoo-JEN-iks; from Ancient Greek εύ̃ (eû) 'good, well', and -γενής (genḗs) 'come into being, growing') [1] is a set of beliefs and practices that aim to improve the genetic quality of a human population. [2] [3] [4] Historically, eugenicists have attempted to alter human gene pools by excluding ...
5 days ago · Gender, Religion and Education in a Chaotic Postmodern World by Zehavit Gross; Lynn Davies; Al-Khansaa Diab (Editors) The immense changes that the world is undergoing in terms of globalization and migration of peoples have had a profound effect on cultures and identities. The question is whether this means shifts in religious identities for women and men in different contexts, whether ...
14 hours ago · Knowledge construction has always been at the heart of the colonial project to oppress, subjugated, and build systems that live on. Curriculum and pedagogy are deeply implicated in grounding, validating, and/or marginalizing systems of knowledge production (Shahjahan et al., 2021 ).
1 day ago · Frederick Douglass was an escaped slave, a leader of the anti-slavery movement in the North, editor of the abolitionist newspaper The North Star and, after the Civil War, a diplomat for the U.S. government. This excerpt is from an address on West India Emancipation, delivered August 4, 1857. Let me give you a word of the philosophy of reforms.
5 days ago · Anti-Classism refers to anything that actively attempts to challenge systems of classism. This could include strategies, actions, theories, and even language. A large part of anti-classism is first helping people to recognize that classism exists and present ways to lessen imbalances caused by systemic classism, in hopes of someday equalizing those imbalances.
