Paulo Freire wrote that the purpose of education is for the oppressed to liberate themselves and their oppressor. In this video from 2017, a Teach For America alumna and powerful leader of the Black Lives Matter movement discusses her personal experience of being educated in the U.S. in systems built for oppressive purposes.
Keywords
systemic opression, purpose, Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Focus Area
Resource Type
- Video
Language
- English - English
- Spanish - Español
Region
- Americas
Audience
- Program Designer
- Teacher
- Teacher Coach
TACL Topic
- Purpose