Title: Five Faces of Oppression by Kristen Harris
Headings: Five Faces of Oppression
Five Faces of Oppression
Outline
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Culture of Silence
Violence
Powerlessness
Marginalization
Cultural Imperialism
Exploitation
Five Faces of Oppression

Content: Violence
Violence is probably the most obvious and visible form of oppression. Members of some groups live with the knowledge that they must fear random, unprovoked attacks on their persons or property. These attacks do not necessarily need a motive but are intended to damage, humiliate, or destroy the person. In American society, women, Blacks, Asians, Arabs, gay men, and lesbians live under such threats of violence. All forms of sexual violence and hate crimes are prevalent examples of violent oppression. Most, if not all, violent oppression is the direct result of xenophobia. Powerlessness
Marginalization
Marginalization is the act of relegating or confining a group of people to a lower social standing or outer limit or edge of society; overall, it's a process of exclusion. Often, people are marginalized based upon race. One prominent example is the Aboriginal communities of Australia that were excluded from society and pushed farther and farther away from their homelands as cities grew.