In the article and video, it talks about the different components that make up oppression. It tells us about how the dominant group having access to privilege and how they take advantage of the subordinate group. TREC talks about the four "I"s that are involved with oppression, ideological, internalized, interpersonal and institutional. It has been enrooted in our cultural and historical backgrounds. I believe all parts of oppression are important but one that stood out to me the most was internalized oppression. When people who are dealing with oppression start hearing these stereotypes said about them from the dominant group it starts to become normalized. They start to accept that negative image of themselves which can lead to negative thoughts within themselves. As it said in the article this oppression has severe impacts such as anxiety, depression, self- hatred and even suicide. These feelings could turn into acts of violence if emotions are peaked. Being a part of the dominant group, we don't recognize the amount of hatred we put out into the world towards this specific group. As people who are part of that dominant group need to be more self-aware of their actions and words.
I found this picture that shows the cycle of oppression and how it starts and continues to make an impact in our world. It shows that it starts with the fear of being different which seems to be the root of our issues. People are comfortable with what they know and when they are introduced to something that is different than what they know or see it triggers fear.
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