Word: oppressor
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...divined her talent and sat her down to write the books that made him famous - Willy published them under his own name. Not that their secret went entirely undiscovered; "Willy ont beaucoup de talent, "remarked one critic - Willy are very talented. Colette was 33 before she left her oppressor and began to publish...
...African has been lead to believe that he must wait for the Christian con-science of his oppressor to be pricked before he can be intitled to more than just the crumbs of the cake," Sibeka said. "This struggle must become part and parcel of the people," he added...
...importance of this aid goes beyond the financial realm--belief in U.S. support has always provided a tremendous psychological boost to the regime. It has also cemented the association in the minds of the population between their oppressor and the American government...
Though the Lampoon has become big and rich, it has never lowered its scathing comic voice. "What we do is oppressor comedy," is the proud claim of Lampoon Editor in Chief PJ. O'Rourke, 30. "Woody Allen says, I'm just a regular shmuck like you.' Our kind of comedy says, 'I'm O.K.; you're an asshole.' We are ruling class. We are the insiders who have chosen to stand in the doorway and criticize the organization. Our comic pose is superior. It says, 'I'm better than...
...philosophy of Black Consciousness...expresses group pride and the determination by the blacks to rise and attain the envisaged self. At the heart of this kind of thinking is the realization by the blacks that the most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. Once the latter had been so effectively manipulated and controlled by the oppressor as to make the oppressed believe that he is a liability to the white man, then there will be nothing the oppressed can do that will really scare his powerful masters. Hence thinking along the lines...