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How can the oppressed, as divided, unauthentic beings, participate in developing the pedagogy of their liberation? only as they discover themselves to be 'hosts' of the oppressor can they contribute to the midwifery of their liberating pedagogy. as long as they live in the duality in which to be is to be like and to be like is to be like the oppressor, this contribution is impossible. the pedagogy of the oppressed is an instrument for their critical discovery that both they and their oppressors are manifestations of dehumanization.
-Paulo Freire
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How Can The Oppressed, As Divided, Unauthentic

Paulo Freire
How can the oppressed, as divided, unauthentic beings, participate in developing the pedagogy of their liberation? only as they discover themselves to be 'hosts' of the oppressor can they contribute to the midwifery of their liberating pedagogy. as long as they live in the duality in which to be is to be like and to be like is to be like the oppressor, this contribution is impossible. the pedagogy of the oppressed is an instrument for their critical discovery that both they and their oppressors are manifestations of dehumanization.
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