The world is more than two categories
A post from Kevin Drum, Once Again, a New Book Debunks Some History I Never Knew In the First Place,* made me wonder a few things. First, Kevin’s confusion: Am I befuddled by history? Or by historiography? Or do I need a different word altogether? Until five minutes ago, before I read this book review, […]
It isn’t what you say, it’s who you are
Sarah Haider in the talk above outlines the reality that she has particular privileges in regards to talking skeptically and critically of Islam because of who she is, not the force of her arguments. More precisely, her status as an immigrant, woman, and a person with brown skin, inoculates her against the reflexive charges of […]