Standpoint epistemology, a philosophical perspective that what we can know is affected by the position we occupy in society, is a major tenet of:

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.