THE FIVE (5) FACES OF OPPRESSION

Oppression is a feeling of being heavily weighed down in mind or body. Oppression allows people in authority or who has greater access to resources the power of belittling or manipulate others in lower position of society. Oppression can only survive through silence. As the title indicates, there are five faces of oppression:

1. Exploitation- demanding labor without a fair wage

2. Violence- is the oldest method use by any society with the help of the military force or police to sustain civilization by preventing physical violence on racial, gender, age discrimination and also disabilities etc.

3. Marginalization- depriving a group of people from their livelihood by taking away their only means of survival (resources, education, culture, norm) 

4. Powerlessness- depriving people from their social life taking away their rights to FREEDOM. These people are like slaves 

5. Cultural imperialism- is forcing your culture or language on to another society. The insight of McDonalds and junk food culture globally. Another one is the flooding of violence and sex filled comics from Japan.

   

The ones that really standout to me the most are "MARGINALIZATION and POWERLESSNESS" which reminds me of the movie "Apocalypto" by Mel Gibson. The first time i watched this movie i thought it had mimic act of the Caribs depriving Taínos of their social life. Tainos were challenged by an invading South American tribe called the Caribs. Fierce, warlike, sadistic, and skillful at using poison-tipped arrows, they raided Taíno settlements for slaves and bodies for the completion of their rites of cannibalism. Some ethnologists argue that the reputation of the Taínos, shaken by the attacks of the Caribs, was already jeopardized by the time of the Spanish occupation. In fact, it was Caribs who fought the most effectively against the Europeans, their behavior probably led the Europeans to unfairly attribute warlike tendencies to all of the island's tribes. A driving tension between the Taínos and the Caribs certainly existed when the Christopher Columbus landed on Puerto Rico. However, it has much similarity to this movie, like who has more POWER, KNOWLEDGE and RESOURCES to use a group of people according to their wish or even remove them from social existence. 

One other thing that i had concluded from this movie was the use of "RITUAL" that Professor Applewhite discussed in class and assign a article called "Body Ritual Among The Nacirema" by Author Horace Miner. This shows that it's something that have been in existence for decades and still utilize in today's society. This way we become familiar with all the different cultures, beliefs, norms, knowledge, languages etc. which is a good means of integration.