The Role Of The Problem-posing Educator Is

To Affirm That Men And Women Are Persons And As Persons Should Be Free, And Yet To Do Nothing Tangible To Make This Affirmation A Reality, Is A Farce.

The Oppressors Do Not Perceive Their Monopoly On Having More As A Privilege Which Dehumanizes Others And Themselves. They Cannot See That, In The Egoistic Pursuit Of Having As A Possessing Class, They Suffocate In Their Own Possessions And No Longer Are; They Merely Have.

The Parent-child Relationship In The Home Usually Reflects The Objective Cultural Conditions Of The Surrounding Social Structure. If The Conditions Which Penetrate The Home Are Authoritarian, Rigid, And Dominating, The Home Will Increase The Climate Of Oppression. As These Authoritarian Relations Between Parents And Children Intensify, Children In Their Infancy Increasingly Internalize The Paternal Authority.

This Pedagogy Makes Oppression And Its Causes Objects Of Reflection By The Oppressed, And From That Reflection Will Come Their Necessary Engagement In The Struggle For Their Liberation. And In The Struggle This Pedagogy Will Be Made And Remade

The Road To Revolution Involves Openness To The People, Not Imperviousness To Them; It Involves Communion With The People, Not Mistrust.