Defining and Understanding Oppression

Power, Privilege & Oppression refers to the phenomena by which members of a society are unfairly advantaged and may be unaware of, or unwilling to, recognize the advantage. The result is oppression at the systemic, societal, and individual level wrongfully limiting another’s access to resources. This is rooted in the perception of entitlement - or lack thereof- based on social group membership and may manifest in covert and overt practices/behaviors that seek to keep that advantage, and result in abuse of assumed power and privilege. All of which contribute to perpetuating the privilege, individual biases, and social and systemic oppression.

This introductory webinar will explore: Power, Privilege and Oppression, and explore different types of oppression -Intercultural Oppression - oppression within members of different cultures, Intracultural Oppression: oppression between members of the same cultural group, Existential Oppression:  Power dynamics and oppression narratives  arising from a circumstance rather than a specific norm or standard,and the related behaviors.