In conflict is not abuse, sarah scholman makes a provocative observation about the psychological effects of both drama and felt superiority. This is a powerful passage that i know il resonate with many listening. Epistemology can also facilitate really bad organizational vibes and dynamics and s of political organizations in particular. It can also empower troubled personalities who de stabilize groups and can undermine their political project. How does deference epistemology do these two related things?
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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