Why Validation Only Reinforces the Gaze of the Essentialist
Edward Said and Moving Beyond Reaction to Reclaiming Agency
It should come as no great surprise that we find Elon Musk essentializing the acts of Taleb Al Abdulmohsen, a Saudi national who is “accused of killing five people and injuring more than 200 others by ramming a car into a crowded German Christmas market”. Musk, commenting on his personal X account, stated that the mainstream media, what he terms as “leg…
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