Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.
Paulo FreireThe parent-child relationship in the home usually reflects the objective cultural conditions of the surrounding social structure. If the conditions which penetrate the home are authoritarian, rigid, and dominating, the home will increase the climate of oppression. As these authoritarian relations between parents and children intensify, children in their infancy increasingly internalize the paternal authority.
Paulo Freire