A lot of us were rooting for Chappie because it was made by Neill Blomkamp, who started his career with the impressive District 9, a movie that dealt with issues of oppression and oppressed people while rooting elements like aliens and spaceships in a gritty, realistic world.
The almost obsessive discussion of this issue is in sharp contrast to the lack of discussion of other explosive time bombs, such as the issues of oppression, deprivation, neglect, poverty and educational and scientific backwardness.
We can see concepts and issues of oppression as a wheel with each of the separate spokes representing the numerous forms, which continually trample over the rights and the very lives of individuals and entire groups of people.
As one key informant noted, The need for both staff and clients to engage and talk about issues of oppression and racism was identified as an important component of the program, allowing for focused attention to issues of power.
And I am sure that banning the full face veil is not the answer to addressing issues of equality, oppression, and freedom.
Activists who work for serious change can certainly participate in the Bernie Sanders campaign - but only by addressing the issues of colonial oppression, not suppressing them.
The dramatic simplicity of his conception and the almost Oriental facility of his brushwork combined with telling effect, especially when dealing with the black-and-white issues of fascism and oppression.
Issues of injustice or oppression that arise in an internal conflict that falls short of war, however, tend to be highly contentious: what some consider an imperfect, but basically morally legitimate political and social order, others may see as the epitome of injustice and oppression that must be overthrown, if need be by violence.
Black people who read manga, pierced their clavicles, skateboarded and were still conscious of issues of racism and oppression.
"Be aware of racism, classism, sexism, heterosexism, cissexism, ableism, and other issues of privilege and oppression," the guide said.
Isaiah, the ballad-singer, sings of a particular friend and his failed vine crop to speak about broader issues of injustice and oppression.
