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Writing About Erasure Two recent Uyghur memoirs grapple with how to portray the oppressed minority as more than victims.
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The Dial, 6 Feb. 2025
There and elsewhere, Russia is still seen as a champion of the oppressed against the stereotype of U.S. imperialism.
—Fiona Hill, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2022
Israel has brought shame on Jews like myself who were brought up learning our most common bond as Jews was standing up for the oppressed, not for being the oppressors.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 20 Nov. 2024
His next book, School of Woke, compared the oppressed–oppressor binary supposedly taught in American schools with the Cultural Revolution’s Black and Red categories of disfavored and favored social classes.
—Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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The Dial, 6 Feb. 2025
There and elsewhere, Russia is still seen as a champion of the oppressed against the stereotype of U.S. imperialism.
—Fiona Hill, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2022
Israel has brought shame on Jews like myself who were brought up learning our most common bond as Jews was standing up for the oppressed, not for being the oppressors.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 20 Nov. 2024
His next book, School of Woke, compared the oppressed–oppressor binary supposedly taught in American schools with the Cultural Revolution’s Black and Red categories of disfavored and favored social classes.
—Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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“The oppressed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20oppressed. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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