Epistemic Disobedience, Independent Thought And De-Colonial Freedom Summary

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In the article, “Epistemic Disobedience, Independent Thought and De-Colonial Freedom”, Walter Mignolo talks about many different conceptual thoughts including those from other scholars. To start, Mignolo talks about how the world used to be based off of observations which a philosopher describes as ‘hubris of the zero point’ and some people classify the world in terms that they agree with and are to their advantage. However, today that way of seeing people is not defended and it raises concerns about racism and epistemology which revolves around the nature of knowledge and understanding. Furthermore, Mignolo talks about how first world peoples have knowledge and science in comparison to third world peoples who have culture and wisdom. Because

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