Does Helen's Presumption of Equivalence Obscure the Way That Racism and Other Forms of Domination Actually Operate?

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In this store story, you identify an equivalent drawn between you and nigerian american and a black American. Did her presumption of this equivalence obscure the way that racism, along with other forms of domination and exploitation, actually operate? Yes, i think the norm that she was following leads to that consequence.

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