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The Trouble With 'Being a Voice for the Voiceless'


The Trouble With 'Being a Voice for the Voiceless' - RELEVANT

Being a Voice for the Voiceless. Sharing our opinion on an issue isn't necessarily a bad thing, but sometimes, when we are trying to be a voice ...

Why We Should Avoid Becoming “the Voice of the Voiceless”

By affirming the position of being a voice for the voiceless, we are reaffirming and propagating structures that say certain voices, certain ...

The Problem with “Giving a Voice to the Voiceless” - Rooted

“Giving a voice to the voiceless” implies that people have no voice. These people have no way to speak (or speak up) and, therefore, they are ...

Are we really called to be a "voice for the voiceless"?

Sometimes, being a "voice for the voiceless" is another excuse to place ourselves at the centre of the story. It can become a subtle way of ...

Being a voice for the voiceless - Christians in Politics

It is through politics that laws can be changed, policy can be reworked, voices can be heard. Let us not just speak out for the voiceless from the outside.

Why We Must Stop Being A Voice For the Voiceless

When we accept speaking for people as a solution to complicated issues like poverty, health, and human rights, we avoid having to ask ourselves ...

On not 'giving voice to the voiceless' - The Pulitzer Prizes

Even people who can't speak have their own voices, and they have them whether or not we reporters pull near. The problem (then, now) was not a lack of voices ...

We Don't Need to Be a “Voice for the Voiceless” - Talk Poverty

I'm tired of hearing that I need to be a “voice for the voiceless.” And, unfortunately, I hear it often. Brochures and commercials and ...

Quit Being a Voice for the Voiceless - Christianity Today

Girl Rising confirmed something I've long suspected: When we Christians speak of "being a voice to the voiceless," we'd better be careful. We'd ...

Don't Be the Voice of the Voiceless, Even If You're a Minority

Nowadays, the voices of the voiceless are increasingly members of marginalized groups. You know, the lone Black or Asian journalist in a newsroom who is ...

Would you be a voice for the voiceless, when you see the need?

Are you truly a voice for the voiceless? You take away my voice by blocking my response because I have spoken the truth about something you don' ...

Why we shouldn't be a voice for the voiceless - On Our Radar

The world is full of hidden experts: the most remote and marginalised groups hold a wealth of insight into the world's most complex ...

A voice for the voiceless | People First (Self Advocacy)

I hated not being able to speak, so I've had to listen to ignorant people ... the problem. The fact is that I feel that they have seen my behaviours ...

A Voice for the Voiceless? - Vivat Libertas

This time, it's more of me being a dick, of course, and complaining about being a voice for the voiceless! You see, the term disquiets me. And ...

There is No Such Thing as the Voiceless - LSE Blogs

It makes this 'voicelessness' their own problem rather than that of the structure that leaves their voices unheard or deliberately silenced. It ...

You Aren't a 'Voice for the Voiceless' - All-Creatures.org

Let us follow in Roy's footsteps and not claim to speak on behalf of nonhuman animals but to stand in solidarity with them. Let us not claim to be the voices of ...

So what do you guys think of the voiceless protagonist? Your ...

... voice actors being available several times a year, for 15+ years now. ... the problem is that when KOTORs were coming out it was 2003-2004 ...

How Being A 'Voice For The Voiceless' Is A Form Of Oppression

I know hate is such a strong word but I hate it when activists claim to be advocating for the voiceless. Who are the voiceless?

When the “voiceless” speak - Roots of Justice

It is a matter of urgency. It is life or death. The problem with the notion of 'giving voice to the voiceless' is that the one who is giving ...

David Fizdale: A voice for the voiceless - Andscape

But what good is it to make it if you don't use your platform to speak up? If you don't stand up or kneel for your brothers, cousins and friends ...