Therefore, he has epistemic access to the same knowledge as other members of the working class. Being a professional working class, non-male minority still gives her commonalities with other members of the working class group. For example, she has a sense of shared experiences and affinities with other women and other minorities. Furthermore, being a professional exempts her from gender exploitation in a world dominated by white men. I think the working class is divided into many subdivisions based on their occupation, skill level, income level, race, gender, and more. They are still related and many types of working class people experience oppression. He may have more choices when it comes to life decisions, but in this matter he is still a non-male minority. She is still oppressed because of her race and gender. For this reason, I think he still has epistemic access to knowledge regarding the structure of oppression. I think Charles Mills was successful in critiquing how class, gender, and race matter when considering the structure of oppression. If you are part of one or all of these groups you may have a different perspective than someone in the capitalist group. Members of oppressed groups understand that social structures create or perpetuate oppressive conditions. Furthermore, they have the ability to do so
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