Florynce Kennedy - Oppression Quotes

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Horizontal hostility may be expressed in sibling rivalry or in competitive dueling which wrecks not only office tranquility or suburban domesticity but also some radical political groups and, it must be sadly said, some women's liberation groups.... [it is] misdirected anger that rightly should be focused on the external causes of oppression.

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What you must understand is oppression does not end with the niggers. It does not end with the poor people, it doesn't end with the women, or the pregnant women. It goes on up the line to the executive who has his bag searched in the airport.

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Niggerization is the result of oppression — and it doesn't just apply to black people. Old people, poor people, and students can also get niggerized. Sure, there are differences in degree, but we've got to stop comparing wounds and go out after the system that does the wounding.

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Where a system of oppression has become institutionalized it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive.

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