The Dynamics of Oppression
@article{Naidoo2005TheDO, title={The Dynamics of Oppression}, author={Josephine C. Naidoo and Devi M. Rajab}, journal={Psychology and Developing Societies}, year={2005}, volume={17}, pages={139 - 159} }
Asian Indians arrived in South Africa in 1860 during the era of the British Empire. Three occupational groups were represented: indentured agricultural workers, business entrepreneurs and a few professionals. Their presence was not welcomed by White South Africa. The ideology of Apartheid (“separateness”) ushered in oppressive legislation for all Non-Whites from 1948 until the first democratic elections of 1994, a period of trauma, violence and pain for Non-White peoples. This report centres on…
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Literacy; education; scientific progress; economic improvement; advances in public health, disease prevention, life expectancy; and the increasingly accessible mechanisms of mass communication have combined to progressively expose a world in which individuals and hierarchical human organizations operate using — and are also characteristically reluctant to relinquish — power.
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While both postindustrial and emerging states face economic, cultural, and political changes, the constant of oppression remains. Economically and culturally marginalized groups continue to endure…