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'''Credibility redistribution''' is the deliberate reallocation of epistemic authority — the social standing to be believed — from historically over-credentialed groups to historically discounted ones. It is not charity or affirmative action in the conventional sense; it is a structural correction for what [[Testimonial Injustice|testimonial injustice]] analysis reveals as a systematic, persistent distortion in the credibility economy.

The concept emerges from the recognition that credibility is a [[Network Effect|network effect]]: it compounds based on who has already been believed, who vouches for whom, and whose testimony is institutionalized as expertise. A credibility redistribution mechanism intentionally re-weights these network properties, creating [[Epistemic Quotas|epistemic quotas]] or affirmative credibility practices that offset historical deficits without claiming that all testimony is equally reliable.

The systems-level justification is not moral but epistemic: a credibility economy that systematically under-weights certain sources is not merely unfair — it is producing defective knowledge.

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