Sentence examples for perceived oppression from inspiring English sources

The toppling of statues and national symbols of perceived oppression have marked seminal moments during revolutions, from the fall of the Berlin Wall, to the tearing down of busts of Vladimir Lenin in Ukraine and Saddam Hussein in Iraq.

Wilde was clearly bridling at a perceived oppression.

"The basic theological distortion is that any means are permitted to achieve the end of protesting against perceived oppression," said Dr. Mattson, a practicing Muslim.

An unnamed East Asian actor – who is Oxford educated – says that, while white actors are auditioned according to their suitability for a role, casting directors expect actors of colour to represent the perceived "oppression" of their race – whatever the actor's background.

Externalized bias is the externalization of hate onto the systems, tenets and actors of one's perceived oppression.

For the US, the migration was a public relations coup, generating wide coverage of the flight of Vietnamese from the perceived oppression of communism to the "free world" in the southern dictatorship under American auspices.

The title summarizes his position opposing the American Continental Congress, which in 1774 had passed resolutions against taxation by England, perceived as oppression, especially since the colonies had no representation in Parliament.

The letters also show that gays and lesbians perceived this oppression as part of a long historical pattern that extended from the Nazi era to the present.

The thing about privilege is that any move toward equality is often perceived as oppression.

If they are charged following confessions on the 89th day, there may be real or perceived concerns about oppression.

His commitment to fighting oppression – perceived to be perpetrated by the United States government – is shown throughout his life's work.