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Oppression In The Freedom Writers

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Oppression occurs everyday to millions of people. These people usually do not know how to stop it and some might not even realize that it is actually happening to them. They could be facing marginalization, exploitation, powerlessness, cultural imperialism, or violence. There are many ways that oppression and the people causing oppression can be stopped. By having people unite together, all types of oppression can be conquered In all cases of oppression, there are usually people around that want to help. In the book, the Freedom Writers, the high school was filled with segregations of groups of people. Each group believe they were better than the other and there were many cases of violence, marginalization, and powerlessness. The white

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