Brendan Lalor

Pedagogy of the Oppressor

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Pedagogy of the Oppressor delivers urgently needed cultural medicine at a time when many ‘oppressors’ are scarcely conscious of their role in oppression. In a Socratic twist inspired by Paolo Freire, Gill draws on the practical wisdom of an educational nonprofit on the US-Mexico border to articulate an experiential method for holding the mirror in such a way that, in a potentially liberating step, the oppressor class becomes self-conscious of its identity.”