Tim Costello, President, Baptist Union of Australia Right now in Australia she has the power to lead us as we struggle with questions guilt, responsibility and patterns of oppression which are larger than ourselves.” Rev. “Already I have found myself quoting Anne Bishop’s wisdom: her simple advice is compelling. Text from back cover of Australian Edition Read the first chapter of Becoming an Ally In particular, it lays out guidelines for becoming allies of oppressed peoples when we are in the role of oppressor. It attempts to answer such questions as: Has oppression always been with us, part of "human nature"? What does individual healing have to do with social justice? What does social justice have to do with individual healing? Why do members of the same oppressed group fight one another, sometimes more viciously than they fight their oppressors? Why do some who experience oppression develop a life-long commitment to fighting oppression, while others turn around and oppress others? What can we do to change oppression? The book looks for solutions by examining the process through which we come to recognize ourselves, first as people who have experienced oppression, then as members of oppressor groups. The book examines history, economic and political structures, and individual psychology looking for the roots of discrimination. Becoming an Ally: Breaking the Cycle of Oppression in Peopleīecoming an Ally is a search for the origins of racism, sexism, heterosexism, ableism, ageism, and all other forms of oppression that divide us.
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