Becoming an Ally: Breaking the Cycle of Oppression - Softcover

Bishop, Anne

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9781895686395: Becoming an Ally: Breaking the Cycle of Oppression

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ISBN 10: 1895686393 ISBN 13: 9781895686395

Publisher: Brunswick Books, 1994

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This book is a dialogue--by a white, lesbian feminist who co-leads with a Black colleague a workshop on racism--about the answers to questions on the nature of oppression: where does it come from, has it always been with us, what can we do to change it, what does individual healing have to do with struggles for social justice, why do members of the same oppressed group fight each other, why do some who experience oppression develop a life-long commitment to fighting oppression, while others turn around and become oppressors themselves?

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"This book is a delight to read, its language simple and clear, its examples vivid, and its message profoundly useful. It has changed the way I look at my own oppression and the way the way I do social change work. I recommend it highly." --Diana Ralph, Social Work, Carleton University "The result is a book that never flinches from the hard truths of our behaviours, socially and individually, yet provides a paradigm for change." -- Patricia Whitney, Herizons

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