"The Overseer Class": Steven Thrasher on How Identity Politics Is Used to Protect Unjust Systems

"The Overseer Class": Steven Thrasher on How Identity Politics Is Used to Protect Unjust Systems

Watch Part 2 of conversation with Steven Thrasher, author of the new book The Overseer Class: A Manifesto. In the book, he explores how members of historically marginalized groups rise to positions of power within institutions. Thrasher says these figures often perpetuate, rather than challenge, systems of injustice.

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