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Understanding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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The Role of Power in Authenticating Truths

The view within the critical social justice ideology or mindset is that only the power dynamics in society are interesting. Foucault held the belief that the more interesting thing to investigate when you're talking about a claim to truth is how power is involved in authenticating it as a truth. We need all of these different identity perspectives where the only correct way to think about identity is through the critical theory that sees the oppressor versus oppressed power dynamic.

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