oppress the oppressed.

there are times in this entry where i am going to sound like a complete conservative. there are times where i am going to sound like a true liberal. true story is that i am me. just for the record i do not associate myself with any political group. here we go.
what is oppression? it means many different things to many different people from different social classes, ethnicities, and walks of life. the most true definition from dictionary.com- the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel or unjust manner. in no way does it mention the words socioeconomic status, ethnicity, or give exact dates to when it happens. many people do not realize that this word oppression applies to everyone.
im not going to lie, oppression sucks. especially large scale oppression. from person to person, experiences that they each go through are vastly different. one thing that stays the same is oppression they experience. i believe everyone is oppressed.
now its time to back this up. when people think oppression they immediately think the lower class, minorities and sometimes women. im not denying that oppression does not happen at these levels. what i am claiming is that oppression happens at levels outside of these. when i think oppression, i think being treated negatively by someone else who either is a definite higher power or thinks they are somehow higher up than you on the hierarchy of the human heirarchy for some reason or the other. at sometime or another everyone experiences this.
to give an example from my own life i think is very important. i am a white, american, college aged woman and an RA at my college to put the icing on the cake. a few experiences made me come to this idea about oppression. first off, as an RA i have to confront many situations with many different people. when handling a situation it is crucial that i treat everyone with the utmost respect since i am the same age and a student just like the residents of my building. when handling a noise incident one time, i experienced reverse racism. this was the first time i had experienced it. the girls i confronted did not treat me with respect as i was treating them. they assumed that since i was a white RA that i was asking them to turn down their music because they were of a minority race rather than the real reason of them disrupting the community. this was proven when an RA of the same race as them asked them to do the same thing in a more demanding and objectively disrespectful manner they listened with no complaints. some of the girls in the situation would not even look at me, standing there shaking their heads and not listening to my kind requests. what is the difference between this and oppression? in my opinion, nothing. in this situation i felt oppressed not only for being tied to an authority position but for being my own skin color. in a way, this can even be seen as reverse oppression. it was very strange territory.
in addition, as a member of the middle class many think we have certain privileges that others do not. i am not going to lie, there are many levels within the middle class. you have the families where both parents work or families where one parent works. this is assuming that both parents are even part of the family. i fill out the FAFSA form every year for financial aid. many other of my middle class friends do as well. i can successfully say that close to none of my friends from the same area of the state as i am qualify for financial aid. this makes ME shake my head every year. like everyone else in this economy, my family along with many middle class families struggle to make ends meet. the fact that we do not receive financial aid because we are seen to "have money"  because of the area we are from is a form of oppression.
the last person people think when it comes to being oppressed is the wealthy, upper class, white man. many people do not look at oppression critically- this is the main problem. the CEO of a large corporation is also oppressed. many people arent even open to this idea...but hear me out. the CEO is seen to be the oppressor. on the contrary, the CEO, because he has such a demanding job does not have the privileges that many others do in lower class jobs. he does not have time for the important things in life. the things you think about on your death bed. those things are family, friends and lifes simplicities.
therefore, by being oppressed it makes it feel like the world is unfair. the truth is that the world is really unfair. its life. however, people should carry away a different perspective. they should dwell on the experiences they gain and the fact that they can appreciate the small things in life. they need to value family and the importance of friends. they need to be thankful for what they have. they need to be thankful for their morals. all of these things contribute to being made a better person. again, we are back to what really matters in this thing called life. on that note, ill take oppression.