Expo Oppression Journal

     My expo group is mainly focusing on violence. Our main focus is to see how violence is affecting people's life, what type of oppression are they facing and what can we do to stop or prevent violence. We strongly disagree with any type of violence. My expo group hopes to change other person's opinions in their thought about violence.
     Someone who may be called an oppressor is a thief. This person would be harmful and oppressive because he/she is taking things away without permission, and it does not belong to them. It may harm  many people. Anybody can be a victim in this situation. Some prescriptions thieves might say are things such as ,"Robbing makes life easier." Something they have internalized is thinking they can anything they want, without permission, and that is wrong. The thieves system is a barrier to other people because it makes people afraid to get robbed at any time.
     A group of people i know that are oppressors are gang members. A gang contributes to harm people who are in other different gangs. Also, for example, if one time a person who is in a gang shoots at someone thinking it's from a different gang, and that person really isn't related to that, it would be really horrifying. They have internalized that killing , harming, and smoking is good for them. The gang system restricts people's lives because they feel afraid of coming out to their own neighborhood just because of gangs.
     This type of oppression makes people feel unsafe. Some people might react with more violence. But in the other hand, some people might act calm about a bad situation. Some beliefs they may have internalized is violence. Such as being the same as the oppressor.