Femi tiwo is a professor of philosophy at georgetown university. His work focuses on socialand political philosophy, with an emphasis on anti colonial thought and the black radical tradition. Tiwo compellingly argues that the norms of deference epistemology empower elits, viseve oppressed people, undermine the left's political efficacy,. enfantalize people of color as romantic caricatures rather than engaging them as comrades. This essay is among the most lucid, powerful and important i have read in a while.
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
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