Oppression

Definition:

“A pervasive system of supremacy and discrimination that perpetuates itself through differential treatment, ideological domination, and institutional control. Oppression depends on a socially constructed binary of a dominant group (though not necessarily more populous) as being normal, natural, superior, and required over the “other”. This binary benefits said group, who historically have greater access to power and the ability to influence the process of planetary change and evolution.” - Anti-Oppression Network

“If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.”

​- Lilla Watson

Sources: 

terminologies of oppression

Resources: 

Social Identities and Systems of Oppression | National Museum of African American History and Culture