Pedagogy of the Oppressed examines the struggle for equality and liberty within the educational system and proposes a new pedagogy. One of Paulo Freire’s fundamental arguments in Pedagogy of the Oppressed is that education is political. Freire describes a sharp difference between the two forms of education‚ both of which are explicit and intentional‚ education for “liberation” and education for “domestication”. Freire argues that oppression is not incidental to society but is integrated. Freire states
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“Oppressed People” “Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” Even in the time of the ancient Romans‚ violence has helped oppressed people become free from their royal bonds. An example of such oppression is the French Revolution‚ where the aristocrats and the king‚ Louis XVI mistreated their peasants‚ which lead to the poor revolting violently. On the other hand‚ some protests don’t use violent acts‚ such as Ghandi’s peaceful protests in India
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In the article How Democratic Is America?‚ Howard Zinn‚ an idealist and liberal‚ spars against Sidney Hook‚ a pragmatic conservative about the current system of democracy set up in the United States. From the first concept of standards for America’s democracy‚ Zinn and Hook hold conflicting viewpoints. While Zinn believes that we should “measure our democracy against an ideal (if admittedly unachievable) standard”‚ Hook believes that “the only sensible procedure in determining the absence or presence
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Sandy Doyle 250713727 Oppression and the Oppressed Every animal‚ regardless of carnivore‚ omnivore or herbivore status‚ requires nourishment to exist. If humans could only eat meat‚ the issue of raising and slaughtering animals for food would not be a moral dilemma. But because we have options and because the consequences of our food choices affect not only humanity but other species and ecosystems‚ the issue of what we eat and how we get it deserves thoughtful moral consideration
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“The Use and Abuse of History.” Zinn in this chapter discusses how history is used and abused. Many in society today only tell “impartial history‚” meaning we leave parts of history out to make a certain group or event stick out. History in the United States of America is swayed always to make us look like the good ones. We are a biased country and the government will do anything to censor out the exact truth. Through all of these chapters it is obvious that Howard Zinn is not objective‚ but very much
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ZINN CHAPTER 7: Study Questions "As Long as Grass Grows or Water Runs" 1. What is the major theme (recurring idea) in this chapter. The major theme in this chapter was about the Native Americans and their survival due to the Americans taking their land‚ spreading diseases‚ and raiding their towns. 2. What evidence does Zinn cite to illustrate the overall impact of Indian removal? The evidence Zinn uses to illustrate the overall impact of the Indian removal by talking about the book
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Outline of “Drawing the Color Line”‚ chapter 2 of Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States p. 23 “. . . that special racial feeling . . . that combination of inferior status and derogatory thought we call racism.” Zinn says we need to understand how racism started in order to see how it might end. Factors that led to U.S. slavery 24 a—“The Virginians needed labor”—to grow food & tobacco 25 b—“They couldn’t force Indians to work for them” c—“White servants
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In “Pedagogy of the Oppressed”‚ Chapter 2‚ Paulo Freire is contrasting different educational processes. Freire discusses his beliefs of how modern education is forced by the state onto students and the greater public‚ as a violent oppression. The ruling elite’s attempt to moderate the student and population at large‚ by controlling their thoughts and culture through a process of instruction of an ideal perception of reality that they preconceived for the oppressed. Freire’s way of explaining this
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People say some things should go left unsaid when it comes to political or religious views‚ however‚ Howard Zinn take his political opinions to an extreme in his textbook. If Howard Zinn was to be placed in a room with conservative Republicans‚ nothing good would come from it. Howard Zinn has extremely liberal views‚ and these views could get a class of high school students stirring and arguing against each other easily based on their own political opinions. I find that in learning about the history
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always tend to leave out some of the more disturbing parts of history. In A People’s History of the United States‚ Howard Zinn tells history from the perspective of all the minorities affected in the building of the United States. He criticizes the versions of history that are told from the “viewpoint of the leaders…” without any regard of the mass murders or exploitation (9). Zinn describes the novel as being “skeptical of governments and their attempts…” (10). The view of Zinn’s novel as a “history
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