Becoming an ally : breaking the cycle of oppression

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Title:

Becoming an ally : breaking the cycle of oppression

Author:

Bishop, Anne, 1950-

ISBN:

9781842772249

9781842772256

Personal Author:

Bishop, Anne, 1950-

Publication Information:

New York : Zed Books, 2002.

Physical Description:

188 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

Images: Competitive Oppressions -- Ch. 1. Why Write a Book About Becoming an Ally? -- Ch. 2. Step 1: Understanding Oppression - How did it come about? A Journal Entry: "They Wouldn't be Able to Pick Us Off One by One" -- Ch. 3. Step 1: Understanding Oppression - How is it held in place? Morality, Duty, and Being True to Yourself -- Ch. 4. Step 1: Understanding Oppression - The personal is political. A Story: Racism and Sexism -- Ch. 5. Step 2: Understanding Different Oppressions. Two Quotes: Breaking Silences, Healing -- Ch. 6. Step 3: Consciousness and Healing -- Ch. 7. Step 4: Becoming a Worker in Your Own Liberation. A Journal Entry: Racism and Sexism -- Ch. 8. Step 5: Becoming an Ally. A Journal Entry: How Not to be an Ally: An open letter to the young man who spoke at our memorial rally on December 6th -- Ch. 9. Notes on Educating Allies -- Ch. 10. Step 6: Maintaining Hope.

Abstract:

This volume explores the origins of oppression. It asks questions such as: has oppression always been with us as a part of "human nature"?; what can we do to change it?; what does individual healing have to do with the struggles for social justice?; and why do members of groups fight each other.

Subject Term:

Social control.

Oppression (Psychology)

Social psychology.

Electronic Access:

Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol031/2002072566.html
Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/hol031/2002072566.html

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This book, published in Europe and USA for the first time, looks specifically at addressing oppression in people. By narrowing the focus, Anne Bishop again raises a number of questions concerning where oppression comes from. Has it always been with us as a part of 'human nature'? What can we do to change it? What does individual healing have to do with the struggles for social justice? What does social justice have to do with individual healing? Why do members of oppressed groups fight each other, sometimes more viciously than their oppressor? Why do some who experience oppression develop a life-long commitment to fighting oppression, while others turn around and oppress others?