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There’s always this tension in the work between the oppressor and the oppressed.
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Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
This pilot was the first of its kind funded through voluntary reparations, in which oppressors' descendants choose to actively redistribute their wealth and power to the oppressed.
—Nuri Kino, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
Keefe was an Irish Republican from Boston, the son of a meat cutter, who made his name in New Haven as a pugnacious defender of the oppressed from their oppressors.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2025
For over 80 years, Superman has been a champion of the oppressed, the epitome of social conscience, and an absolute supporter of democracy and responsible citizenship.
—Samantha Baskind, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2025
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Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
This pilot was the first of its kind funded through voluntary reparations, in which oppressors' descendants choose to actively redistribute their wealth and power to the oppressed.
—Nuri Kino, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
Keefe was an Irish Republican from Boston, the son of a meat cutter, who made his name in New Haven as a pugnacious defender of the oppressed from their oppressors.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2025
For over 80 years, Superman has been a champion of the oppressed, the epitome of social conscience, and an absolute supporter of democracy and responsible citizenship.
—Samantha Baskind, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2025
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“The oppressed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20oppressed. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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