She says— "you can't be racist against white people." First of all, the question was .. "can people be racist towards white people?" - she answered with "racism is backed by oppression." This is the problem with America. People are uneducated. There is a difference between racism, oppression, prejudice etc and people do not have basic understanding of these words and their differences. Racism is not backed by oppression. Racism is backed and derived from hatred. Oppression is the result of hatre

Freedom or Oppression? Covering up is oppression but taking it off is liberation? 🧕🔥 Isn’t real freedom the right to wear what YOU want — not what society tells you? 💭 Islam gave Muslim women the right to dress modestly with pride — not pressure. 💪✨ #lilyjay #islam #MuslimWomen #Modest #oppression | Lily Jay

Focusing on issues of oppression and the ripple affect it has throughout America's political, educational, and social systems, Dr. Courtney D. Cogburn of Columbia University School of Social Work and her team developed a VR experience that gives users the opportunity to "walk a mile" in the shoes of a black man as he faces racism at three stages in his life: as a child, during adolescence, and as an adult. | Big Think

Tyranny requires constant effort. Oppression is the mask of fear. Authority is brittle. And most importantly: you are never truly alone when standing up to authoritarianism. You have friends everywhere. | Robert Reich

@4thworldmediaorg Pausing to feel. Repost from @sharonfrancesme • 9 Signs Oppression Still Lives in Your Body. Video by @sharonfrancesme Oppression is being subject to cruel, unjust control. The act of being PRESSED down by power. Control can be wielded through ideas and beliefs, practices and structures, interactions between people, and internalized beliefs and actions. The faces of oppression: exploitation, marginalization, powerlessness, cultural imperialism, and violence. Oppression manifest

A message to husbands! The Prophet ﷺ said, “Beware of oppression, for oppression will be darkness upon darkness on the Day of Resurrection.” He also said: “Allah says: O My servants, I have forbidden oppression for Myself and have made it forbidden among you, so do not oppress one another.” #marriageadvice #marriage #dua #happyspousehappyhouse | Bilal Dannoun