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As Tolentino puts it, “‘empowerment’ invokes power while signifying the lack of it. It functions like an explorer staking a claim on a new territory with a white flag.”
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John Patrick Leary
As recently as 2009, France is said by some to have supported rigged elections in Gabon to ensure that Bongo’s son came to power after his father’s death, guaranteeing France’s continued access to the country’s resources.
As Shereen Marisol Meraji and Gene Demby point out on their podcast Code Switch, __while migrants and people of colour are regularly expected to ‘get’ white cultural references without explanation, any reference to the cultures of racialised groups is expected to come with an explanation, thereby reminding listeners or readers of who is centred and who is marginal.__
Arguing for a Better World
Arianne Shahvisi
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