We need not fear violence from the oppressed. It is precisely in the response of the oppressed to the violence of their oppressors that a gesture of love may be found. It is only the oppressed who, by freeing themselves, can free their oppressors. Since there is free access to education in the U.S., poor people have the opportunity to raise their own consciousness and then educate others. The oppressors also use a paternalistic social action orientation to make the oppressed feel pathologically incompetent and in need of control.
Reform starts by liberating the educators.
Freire saw in the colleges of education around the world a rediscovery of teacher-student dialogue rather than control. As college students become more interactive in their learning, they will in turn liberate their own students.