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According to Paul Freire’s article, The Pedagogy of the Oppressed, what is the oppressors’ mentality of why the oppressed people are “oppressed?” What led the oppressed people to their current situation? According to the oppressors, who’s fault is it?
a. According to Freire, the oppressors believe that the reason why people are in a state of oppression is because of their lack of effort, incompetency, and their lack of “courage to take risks”.
b. Oppressors believe that people are oppressed because of their own doings. They themselves put their lives into an oppressive state.
c. Oppressors also believe that people of oppression do are “ungrateful and envious” and unappreciative of others “generous gestures”