Summary:
Discusses the concept of oppression and how it is experienced personally. Reveals a personal incident of oppression and details how it was resolved.
There are many different definitions of oppression. My definition of oppression is when a persons own rights are taken away by force and they do not have any say in whether or not they can keep them or not. The only thing that the person can do to get their rights back is fight for them.
I have to be honest and say that oppression has not affected me directly, however, it has affected me indirectly. I feel that oppression doesn't affect me directly; I do not change the way I think or act because of oppression in our world today. Every time I see movies when people are being oppressed it puts tears to my eyes and I feel very thankful for my rights, but the next day I forget about it, and don't think about it until I watch another movie like that. I feel bad saying that, because people fought for the rights I have today, but it is the truth. I think oppression has affected me indirectly because of the rights and freedom I have. Without the courageous people who fought for oppression, God only knows what the world would be like today.
My view of oppression has changed completely. I honestly didn't have a clue of what oppression really was. I knew the gest of the word, but not how much it affects our world today. Oppression is happening all over the world and I didn't know about it. I am, surprisingly, glad that my teacher assigned the class so many oppression projects.
Oppression in my personal life has defiantly affected me. I had a problem with one of my family members and I wrote how I felt in my oppression journal. My mother read it when she wasn't supposed to, because I didn't want her to know that I was so bothered by my relative. She had a talk with my relative and I. Now my problem is mostly solved. I do not feel as awkward around him anymore. I am glad she read it, because I do not like to share my problems with anyone and she would have never known if she had not read my oppression journal. My life is just like an average 13 year old and I am happier.
I would like to make a few changes in my personal life. I want to be more open with my mom and tell her what I am feeling. I would like to be more thankful for my rights and not take them for granted. I will try to take a few minutes once and a while and think of the warriors that have fought very hard, and never gave up on the war against oppression.
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