The oppressed are internally divided between oppressor and oppressed consciousness

Evidence

The pedagogy of the first stage must deal with the problem of the oppressed consciousness and the oppressor consciousness, the problem of men and women who oppress and men and women who suffer oppression. It must take into account their behavior, their view of the world, and their ethics. A particular problem is the duality of the oppressed: they are contradictory, divided beings, shaped by and existing in a concrete situation of oppression and violence. — Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 131

Categorization

• DEFINE: Names the ‘duality of the oppressed’ — the divided consciousness a problem-posing redesign must confront before transformation.
• XREF: Explains why the oppressed can internalize the oppressor’s account; ties to Freire’s ‘the oppressed host the oppressor within.’