Every Society Needs To Examine Itself In

Dehumanization, Although A Concrete Historical Fact, Is Not A Given Destiny But The Result Of An Unjust Order That Engenders Violence In The Oppressors, Which In Turn Dehumanizes The Oppressed

The Multitude Is Always In The Wrong.

An Unauthentic Word, One Which Is Unable To Transform Reality, Results When Dichotomy Is Imposed Upon Its Constitutive Elements. When A Word Is Deprived Of Its Dimension Of Action, Reflection Automatically Suffers As Well; And The Word Is Changed Into Idle Chatter, Into Verbalism, Into An Alienated And Alienating “blah.” It Becomes An Empty Word, One Which Cannot Denounce The World, For Denunciation Is Impossible Without A Commitment To Transform, And There Is No Transformation Without Action.

How Can The Oppressed, As Divided, Unauthentic Beings, Participate In Developing The Pedagogy Of Their Liberation? Only As They Discover Themselves To Be 'hosts' Of The Oppressor Can They Contribute To The Midwifery Of Their Liberating Pedagogy. As Long As They Live In The Duality In Which To Be Is To Be Like And To Be Like Is To Be Like The Oppressor, This Contribution Is Impossible. The Pedagogy Of The Oppressed Is An Instrument For Their Critical Discovery That Both They And Their Oppressors Are Manifestations Of Dehumanization.

In Order For The Oppressed To Unite They Must First Cut The Umbilical Cord Of Magic And Myth Which Binds Them To The World Of Oppression; The Unity Which Links Them To Each Other Must Be Of A Different Nature.