No pedagogy which is truly liberating can remain distant from the oppressed by treating them as unfortunates and by presenting for their emulation models from among the oppressors. The oppressed must be their own example in the struggle for their redemption (Freire, 1970, p. 54).
Paulo FreireIn order to have the continued opportunity to express their "generosity" the oppressors must perpetuate injustice as well.
Paulo FreireThe oppressed, having internalized the image of the oppressor and adopted his guidelines, are fearful of freedom.
Paulo FreireThe hope of remaking the world is indispensable in the struggle of oppressed men and women.
Paulo Freire... teaching cannot be a process of transference of knowledge from the one teaching to the learner. This is the mechanical transference from which results machinelike memorization, which I have already criticized. Critical study correlates with teaching that is equally critical, which necessarily demands a critical way of comprehending and of realizing the reading of the word and that of the world, the reading of text and of context.
Paulo Freire