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Storytelling Controversies
- The controversy over who should tell certain stories includes literary and film examples like West Side Story and American Dirt.
- These examples illustrate challenges around cultural appropriation and lived experience in storytelling.
Lived Experience Grants Authority
- Invoking lived experience often grants authority and exempts claims from normal debate.
- It signals that one’s perspective is shaped by social position, making the claim more than merely subjective.
Oppression Grants Epistemic Privilege
- Lived experience of oppression paradoxically grants epistemic privilege.
- Those who endure discrimination understand social dynamics more deeply than privileged individuals.