Oppression is when a group of people with the same prejudice and discrimination beliefs have more power than other groups. If a group of people really hate insects and had the power to remove then from anywhere they lived, they can oppress on the group of insects. Those this sound familiar? Other than this being how we treat insects, it is also how we treat each other. The idea of minorities can be seen through this as well. Minorities are a lot less in population but also in number of people in power to represent them. Yes, I know there would have to be more white people in power because there are more white people in America but there is too little representation of other races in the government, military, the fed, and in any power position. This is a way for a group of people to oppress another. Using the race example, if ALL of white people decided to make anyone who is not white leave the country, can they do that? The sad answer is yes. I know it is very ugly and scary to think about that but it is the cold truth. There are many white people in power to make decisions that would benefit anyone they wanted to. They may make decisions to keep themselves in power as well. This is how oppression appears in society. It can be used whenever someone has power of some sort and they belong to a group with whom they share the power with.
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