The phrase "actively oppressed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe individuals or groups who are currently experiencing systematic discrimination or suppression.
Example: "The marginalized communities in the region are actively oppressed by the prevailing political regime."
Alternatives: "systematically oppressed" or "currently oppressed".
Worse, it actively oppresses them.
"Men have been conditioned to believe that they're the centre of the story – so if you're not speaking to them, if it's not just not for them, you're actively oppressing them … [That's] the reason why [the all-female] Ghostbusters had that big backlash".
But he adds this is just symptomatic of what he describes as a culture in the NSW police force that actively oppresses Aboriginal people.
But we were so angry at the state that seemed to be actively oppressing us that we couldn't NOT do it.
Instead of acknowledging our mistakes, we suggest that everyone has equal footing now because our laws no longer actively oppress certain groups.
Institutional racism and all it entails is not only a function of history or the specific, intentional actions of people who actively oppress.
Celebrated on June 2nd, International Whores' Day began in France in 1975, the result of French sex workers' anger at a government that at best failed to protect them and at worst actively worked to oppress them.
Often, these people were notable politicians -- and some, like former Alabama Governor Bibb Graves, did help improve certain aspects of their states -- but they also actively worked to oppress and disenfranchise black people, or else benefited directly from racial injustice.
When humanity as a whole has made massive strides in development of technology, education, medicine, law, and we have so many resources at our disposal, what excuse do we have not to actively engage our society to fight for the rights of those oppressed today?
