Tag Archives: oppression

Choose your language…

Posted on May 13, 2019 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

This is not offered as a piece about “right language” and “wrong language”. It is clearly about language but it is really about choice- and the many choices we make whenever we use language to describe another person. Especially, for … Continue reading →

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Sand vests in school for kids who cannot but help being kids…

Posted on January 20, 2018 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Note that a sand vest is not the vest you wear while having fun in the sand pit- it’s teh heavy sand filled vest kids are being forced to wear in class to stop them moving “too much” in classes … Continue reading →

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prescription – a basic element of oppression

Posted on December 13, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

One of the basic elements of the relationship between oppressor and oppressed is prescription. – Paolo Freire These days we rarely use the term except in the medical sense, to set out or pre determine beforehand [in writing], but it … Continue reading →