in fighting to destroy
the causes which nourish false charity.
False charity constrains
the causes which nourish false charity.
False charity constrains
the fearful and subdued,
the “rejects of life” to extend
the “rejects of life” to extend
their trembling hands.
True generosity lies in striving
True generosity lies in striving
so that these hands —
whether of individuals or entire peoples —
need be extended less and less in supplication,
so that more and more
whether of individuals or entire peoples —
need be extended less and less in supplication,
so that more and more
they become human hands
which work and, working,
which work and, working,
transform the world.
--- Paulo Freire.
Pedagogy of the oppressed.
--- Paulo Freire.
Pedagogy of the oppressed.