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Methods and tools that work in ordered and predictable domains don’t work in complex and emergent ones.
The Case for Contextual Intelligence: There Is No One-Size-Fits All!
Sonja Blignaut
Just because someone comes from a marginalized social location does not mean that they have automatically taken up a specific standpoint; people from marginalized or less powerful groups can and do maintain forms of consciousness that are regressive and function to support their own oppression, just as people from dominant groups can also develop forms of consciousness that are progressive and openly challenge their own power and privilege. Rather, __a standpoint arises from conscious, resistant struggle against the prevailing and hegemonic forms of consciousness that are aligned with status quo inequalities.__
A Marxist Education
Wayne Au
‘Merit’ is the weapon of choice for an Indian elite that has dominated a system by allegedly divine authorisation, and denied knowledge—of certain kinds—to the subordinated castes for thousands of years.
Annihilation of Caste
B.R. Ambedkar
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