The Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) is a global satellite internet network with telephony using portable terminals. The terminals are normally used to connect a laptop computer to broadband Internet in remote locations, although as long as line-of-sight to the satellite exists, the terminal can be used anywhere.
Featured Article: Race, Class, and Oppression: Solutions for Active Learning and Literacy in the Classroom. Oppression tends to exist in compartmentalized, clearly labeled categories of race, social class, gender, or sexual preference. While these rigidly defined categories may have been applied to allow for rational discussion of problems and solutions, the truth is that they are inherently oppressive themselves.
According to Iris Marion Young, there are five âfacesâ or types of oppression: violence, exploitation, marginalization, powerlessness, and cultural imperialism.Exploitation is the act of using peopleâs labors to produce profit while not compensating them fairly.People who work in sweat shops are exploited.ppression can be the result of a few peopleâs choices or policies that cause embedded unquestioned norms, habits, and symbols. These societal rules can become an restrictive structure of forces and barriers that immobilize and reduce a group or category of people.