Internalized oppression can manifest in multiple ways, often beginning in childhood. For example, some people of color may dislike their physical appearance (e.g., their skin color, eye shape, or hair ...

In my recent post “Is LGBTQ community infighting a sign we’re becoming our abusers?, I asserted that “we certainly can and should challenge one another when we disagree on views, actions, terminology, ...

The Radical Teacher, No. 114, Radical Teaching Then & Now (Summer 2019), pp. 87-89 (3 pages) This is a teaching note. Therefore, I did not include an abstract. However, if there were one, it would be ...

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Kambo, aka frog medicine, is the venomous secretion of Phyllomedusa bicolor, the giant leaf or monkey frog native to the Amazon basin. The substance’s range of traditional and potential therapeutic ...

The Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence is inviting faculty, staff and students to the Oct. 14 workshop on "‘Me’ and ‘We’: Community Solutions to Combat Internalized Oppression," ...

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Julián Castro, the former head of Housing and Urban Development, explained he does not speak Spanish fluently because his parents felt internalized oppression to make sure he could speak English.

Through my work as an educator, clinician, and researcher, I’ve learned that many people struggle with internalized oppression, or the process of maintaining negative beliefs about oneself or one’s ...