A review by dangosaffron
Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

3.0

more like a 3.5/5 for me. starts out promisingly, and taiwo articulates a lot of very useful concepts and/or situates them historically (elite capture, deference politics, etc) but the overall product felt a little muddled. i wasn’t sure who this is for, or what its purpose was vis a vis identity politics. still i like his framing of “elite” as a positional descriptor, strongest argument i’ve seen for the continued use of the term.