“As the oppressor minority subordinates and dominates the majority, it must divide it and keep it divided in order to remain in power.”

— Paulo Freire

Pedagogia do oprimido (Pedagogy of the Oppressed) (1968, English trans. 1970)

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educator and philosopher 1921–1997

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