Listen to Black Women

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The listen to or follow black women sort in particular, really thrives within our segregated society. I don't know how well it works for working class black women who aren't on t v. It's a much more defensible thing to say if you're talking to black people,. You know, then it's seems like it's a criticism of patriarchy and a phenomenon of not taking women seriously in our own spaces. And that's a much different statement than telling the white liberal to listen to joy read, in effect.

Featuring Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò on his essay "Being-in-the-Room Privilege: Elite Capture and Epistemic Deference," an interview first posted in December 2020. This pairs well with last week's Jared Clemons interview on In This House We Believe antiracism. Since 2020, Táíwò has published a book expanding on these ideas: Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else). Read Táíwò's essay: thephilosopher1923.org/post/being-in-the-room-privilege-elite-capture-and-epistemic-deference Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Read our newsletter at thedigradio.com