Word to the Wise: Notes on a Black Feminist Metaphilosophy of Race

Philosophy Compass 11 (2):69-74 (2016)
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It is not uncommon to ask a race and gender-based question of a philosopher of race, only to hear ‘I do race, not gender’. To the ears of many Black feminists, this sounds, to be frank, utterly foolish. Here, I identify three metaphilosophical assumptions, i.e. the disaggregation, fundamentality and transcendental assumptions, that aid in underwriting the ability to use the statement, ‘I do race, not gender’, as a means for avoiding gender-based questions in ‘race talks’. Then, I gesture to a reason to reject the fundamentality and transcendental assumptions, i.e. the promotion of intellectual slumming

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Kristie Dotson
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Authority and Gender: Flipping the F-Switch.Lynne Tirrell - 2018 - Feminist Philosophy Quarterly 4 (3).
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Making sense: The multistability of oppression and the importance of intersectionality.Kristie Dotson - 2014 - In Namita Goswami, Maeve O'Donovan & Lisa Yount (eds.), Why race and gender still matter: An intersectional approach. London: Pickering and Chatto. pp. 43-58.
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