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What is Critical Race Theory? | James Lindsay

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Lived Experience Is a Worse Way to Figure Out Your Lived Reality

The people who are oppressed by systems of power have extra insight that's based on their lived experience. Lived experience is frequently misinterpreted. Your feelings are something you are genuinely experiencing, but they are not a reliable guide to what's actually happening. Unreliable guide to reality, terrible guide to policy.

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