This work is complex and interconnected. Some of us have a lot of privilege and some less. 1) There is the burden of the oppressed – they face oppression; they have to convince ppl it is occurring, worry about their (the oppressors) emotions, find the solutions – it is hard when you are dealing with trauma to have to think…
The deepest and most profound learning I’ve had from doing anti-oppression work – was the work that I needed to heal and change myself. We often don’t understand the ways we are individually complicit in causing harm to students and in spite of understanding that the “system” doesn’t work for all students – we still uphold the structures that cause…