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Privilege and oppression matrix

A tool for visualizing how people occupy multiple positions simultaneously—privileged in some dimensions (perhaps class), oppressed in others (perhaps gender or disability)—to move beyond the false simplicity of 'oppressor' and 'oppressed' categories. The matrix reveals that most of us are neither purely powerful nor purely vulnerable, which complicates both victimhood narratives and guilt, demanding instead more nuanced responsibility.

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