The problem of the twenty-first century is the problem of the noncitizen. Be it in America, where a demagogue rose to the Presidency on an anti–immigrant platform, or in Europe, where far–right political parties are gaining control over national politics. Constitutive to what injustice means for noncitizens is that the hostile political environments in which […]
Author: Sati
Joel Sati (goes by Sati) is a PhD student in the Jurisprudence and Social Policy program at UC Berkeley. His research is in legal, political and moral philosophy, with a focus on immigration and citizenship. His previous work has dealt with the political situation of undocumented immigrants, which he hopes expands to utilizing non-ideal theory to discuss marginalized people's positions in the ongoing debate on normative citizenship. Sati has also worked with local and national immigrants rights organizations such as CASA de Maryland, African Communities Together and the New York Immigration Coalition.
Sati received his B.A. in Philosophy from the City College of New York.
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Call for Editors
Undocumental is growing and, because of this, we are looking to bring in two editors: a managing editor and a “framings editor”! Interested applicants should email a résumé and a cover letter expressing interest to [email protected]. Interviews will be conducted on Skype; however, we are open to other options. Applications will be received on a […]
Introducing mob epistemology
In this piece, I aim to set out a rough idea on the politics of epistemic injustice. Or, in English: I want to explore the role of knowledge and truth in our current political situation, examining American politics as an example of how knowledge is weaponized to amplifying the oligarchic few while silencing the suppressed […]
Milo Yiannopoulos, UC Berkeley, and respectability in a time of post-truth
As harrowing footage of the protest of Milo Yiannopoulos’s cancelled event at UC Berkeley have filled up my social media feed, reactions arguing that protest plays into his hands— many of them peddled by self-identifying liberals—abound in equal measure. I write the following as a “response to the responses” of sorts. Before I give a critique […]
Noncitizenship and the case for illegalized persons
NOTE: This blog post was published on The Berkeley Blogs on January 24th, 2017. You can find the original post here. -ize (verb suffix): cause to be or conform to or resemble…cause to be formed into… (2): subject to a (specified) action…treat according to the method of… — Merriam Webster Part I: Introduction As a […]
On recognition, rights, and the illegal
Article 6 of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights asserts that “Everyone has a right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.” But as the existing climate has made clear, that is far from the case. Donald Trump has ascended to the presidency on a platform that has disparaged women, Muslims, […]
The epistemic Wild West, unpacked
“Next time you go looking for the truth, get the whole thing…It’s like a good fuck: half is worse than nothing at all.” Westworld Season 1 Episode 9: “The Well-Tempered Clavier” My personal shift to a searing focus on theories of knowledge reached overdrive in the aftermath of the election. In my previous essay […]
The epistemic Wild West
NOTE: This post appeared on the Berkeley Blog on December 28, 2016. You can find the original post here. “Post-truth (/ˌpəʊs(t)ˈtruːθ/) adj.: Relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief. 2016 Word of the Year, Oxford Dictionaries “Are you real?” “Well, […]
No Church in the Wild: The Politics of the Sanctuary Campus
NOTE: This blog post was published on the Berkeley Blog on November 23rd, 2016. You can find the original post here. “Lies on the lips of a priest/Thanksgiving disguised as a feast” — Jay-Z and Kanye West, No Church in The Wild (from Watch the Throne) It has been two weeks since the election that […]
Undocumented and Unafraid: Accomplices Needed
NOTE: This post was published in the Berkeley Blogs on November 14, 2016. You can see the original post here. “And it is so easy to look away, to live with the fruits of our history and to ignore the great evil done in all of our names. But you and I have never truly […]
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