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This is not an empowerment. It is denial.
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The statement rejects the idea that something is empowering. It says that, instead of giving people greater ability or control, it amounts to denial—refusing or withholding something. The contrast makes clear that calling it “empowerment” would misrepresent what is actually happening.
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- Gifts of Speech, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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