TY - JOUR AU - Oduro, Kelly PY - 2022/04/19 Y2 - 2024/03/19 TI - Bringing the Marginalized into Epistemology JF - Stance: an international undergraduate philosophy journal JA - stance VL - 15 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.33043/S.15.1.68-77 UR - https://openjournals.bsu.edu/stance/article/view/3931 SP - 68-77 AB - <div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p>In this paper, I discuss the epistemological injustices that Black women face in academia. I review Patricia Hill Collins’s work, “Learning from the Outsider Within: Sociological Significance of Black Feminist Thought,” which details the unique knowledge standpoint that Black women possess. I build upon the ideas set forth by Collins and other scholars to understand how the traditional knowledge validation process is tainted with political implications and harms Black women. I then offer recommendations rooted in alternative epistemology principles to combat the injustices inherent in academia.</p></div></div></div> ER -