Oppression that occurs at the institutional level, such as in government policy-making, within educational institutions and the throughout the health care system. While one-on-one experiences of discrimination might stand out more in our minds, systemic oppression is even farther-reaching because it is coded right into the institutions we depend on to survive.
"Bathroom bills" passed in various states are an example of the systemic oppression of transgender people.
by Jade310 February 13, 2019
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Roosevelt spent and grew government transforming a narrow financial crisis into: The Great Depression. Obama is spending and growing government transforming a narrow financial crisis into: The Great Oppression.
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It’s how corporations tag their employees.
It’s how corporations tag their employees.
The supervisor walked over waving her lanyard, thinking it made her look important. She didn’t realise that it wasn’t a badge of authority but rather it was a necklace of oppression.
by Nicky Domefur May 24, 2018
Get the necklace of oppression mug.White Woman Oppression Syndrome (or WWOS for short), is a common condition in which Caucasian women, in particular American Caucasian women, believe they are the most important demographic and try to find any reason to feel oppressed, largely due to historical factors that have lead to women NOT being the most talked about demographic. Most commonly it is white women, especially those who are upper-middle class, who feel they're missing out in the oppression Olympics so they try to latch onto outdated or false delusions to prove their oppression.
"Black people are 5 times more likely to be locked in up prison and half as likely to go to college in America, black single-parents make up for 30% of all single parents, and black people are the victims of 50% of racial hate crimes."
"Yeah, but one time when I was visiting my friend in LA, I got catcalled by a guy I didn't find attractive. Don't you know women make 83 cents on the dollar of a man?"
"Please don't drag your White Woman Oppression Syndrome into this conversation..."
"Yeah, but one time when I was visiting my friend in LA, I got catcalled by a guy I didn't find attractive. Don't you know women make 83 cents on the dollar of a man?"
"Please don't drag your White Woman Oppression Syndrome into this conversation..."
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Person A: Can I get some candy?
Person B: Sorry you just going to sell it with cocaine in it.
Person A: Is it because I'm of spanish decent and a male that I have cocaine in my back pocket? That's systemic oppression!
Person B: Sorry you just going to sell it with cocaine in it.
Person A: Is it because I'm of spanish decent and a male that I have cocaine in my back pocket? That's systemic oppression!
by thisisnotthenameimlooking4 June 21, 2017
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I hear the military is teaching its new recruits about critical race theory! That's so rad.
Dude, that's not rad at all. It's cringy af to see how agents of state violence learning crit theory. How clueless are they?
Hey, intersectional oppression is a step is better than unenlightened brutality. Maybe this will help them realize how they're all pawns and expedite the obsolescence of the state?
Dude, that's not rad at all. It's cringy af to see how agents of state violence learning crit theory. How clueless are they?
Hey, intersectional oppression is a step is better than unenlightened brutality. Maybe this will help them realize how they're all pawns and expedite the obsolescence of the state?
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