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Each form of oppression possesses at least one of these characteristics which are: exploitation, marginalization, powerlessness, cultural imperialism, and violence. [13] Young's conception of oppression does not involve an "active oppressor". This means that oppression can occur without people actively oppressing others. [14]
Anti-English sentiment, also known as Anglophobia (from Latin Anglus "English" and Greek φόβος, phobos, "fear"), refers to opposition, dislike, fear, hatred, oppression, persecution, and discrimination of English people and/or England. [1] It can be observed in various contexts within the United Kingdom and in countries outside of it.
Cultural appropriation is considered harmful by various groups and individuals, [16] including some indigenous people working for cultural preservation, [17] [18] those who advocate for collective intellectual property rights of the originating cultures, [19] [20] [21] and some of those who have lived or are living under colonial rule.
Certain language and the meaning attached to language can cause universalizing discourses that are influenced by the Western world, which is what Sewpaul (2006) describes as the "potential to dilute or even annihilate local cultures and traditions and to deny context-specific realities" (p. 421).
Cultural imperialism, racism, oppression, and colonization can all result in trauma, which is believed by liberation psychologists to be able to be healed by ethno-political psychology, though no comprehensive studies exist. This process integrates diverse identities, gives people a sense of mastery, and reconnects them to their roots.
The cultural relationship is usually characterised by tolerance of people and cultures, although some mutual mistrust and racism or xenophobia persists. Hatred or fear of the Welsh by the English has been termed "Cymrophobia", [1] and similar attitudes towards the English by the Welsh, or others, are termed "Anglophobia".
This is the tool of oppression. But in America, whiteness is the dictator of all things. It is the authoritarian that defines freedom and determines what is profane.
Anglo-Saxon, meaning in effect the whole Anglosphere, remains a term favored by the French, used disapprovingly in contexts such as criticism of the Special Relationship of close diplomatic relations between the U.S. and the UK and complaints about perceived "Anglo-Saxon" cultural or political dominance. In December 1918, after victory in the ...