Standpoint epistemology, a philosophical perspective that what we can know is affected by the position we occupy in society, is a major tenet of black feminist thought. This emphasizes the African American women perspective and further nourished in Patricia Collin’s book Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment.
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