Explain Smith’s standpoint theory and describe how your own particular social location influences your taken-for-granted knowledge of the social world.

Dorothy Smith claims that our knowledge of the world is dependent on our particular social location (our standpoint) in the world. Explain Smith’s standpoint theory and describe how your own particular social location influences your taken-for-granted knowledge of the social world. Also share a brief discussion of a news piece or article that relates to factors that can impact our social location/knowledge of the social world.