Social Oppression: An Analysis

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Since the beginning of our cognitive lives, we as humans, our conditioned to meet a certain level of goals. While we each have something we dream of becoming we commonly fall short of our goals, due to social oppression. While deep down one believes that they are themselves, each person morphs to the society they are living in. Being raised in Northern Virginia, I have noticed it is in constant chaos with no room to slow down. People are contently on the move to try and better themselves for there jobs or careers. Without realizing it, the city is altering the person. Things such as religion, treating others properly, and seeking love gets pushed aside for the leveling up in ones career. While one is raised to believe and peruse these things

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