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Oppressor Review: Paulo Freire and the Pedagogy of Autonomy

Jenifer Castilho “When education is not liberating, the dream of the oppressed is to be oppressor.” This is one of Paulo Freire’s most famous phrases, people put it on Facebook status, on WhatsApp and even on Tinder. But what does she really mean? Who is the oppressed? Who is the oppressor? Liberating education wants to free who, and from […]