Methodology of the Privileged: White Anti‐racist Feminism, Systematic Ignorance, and Epistemic Uncertainty

Hypatia 27 (3):701 - 714 (2012)
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This article addresses the impact of systematic ignorance and epistemic uncertainty upon white Western women's participation in anti-racist and transnational feminisms. I argue that a “methodology of the privileged” is necessary for effective coalition-building across racial and geopolitical inequities. Examining both self-reflexivity and racial sedition as existing methods, I conclude that epistemic uncertainty should be considered an additional strategy rather than a dilemma for the privileged

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