I’m a Syrian Nurse and This Is What It’s Like to Work Inside My Country’s Worst Refugee Camp
22nd November 2018
Note that, in these days of Identity Politics, it’s vital to let people know Who You Are before they will give any credibility regarding what you have to say. And in most cases Who You Are is the sole qualification indicating that what you have to say is credible.
This technique is usually of the form ‘As An X …’, as if just being an X is sufficient; typically there’s nothing about being an X that implies any expertise in what one is saying, which is why it’s so important to play that card right off the bat.