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REFLECTION 2- HISTORICAL READING FOR SOCIAL CHANGE

Man is given the duty and responsibility to transform his world, change it, name it, and recreate it. A trait that is meant for all and not a chosen few, as Paulo Frere puts it in his article, Pedagogy of the oppressed. He recommends that dialogues is the best way to go about this change, however much as that is the ideal situation, the possibility of it in the modern day society remains in question. World wide, the opinions of the elite, would form centre stage. It is their opinions that matter, and it is no wonder it may be everyone's desire to eventually attain that status of elitism. Whether it is a question of dominating others or to merely have control over their own circumstance it depends on an individual. Even if the dominant individual did not impose their dominance, in most cases the dominated will still try to emulate the dominant. Many willingly will surrender that power. For example in Kenya, many would refer to themselves as "We the common Mwananchi".