PHIL 242 Lecture Notes - Feminist Philosophy, White Privilege, Male Privilege
17 Mar 2014
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A prominent way of thinking about sexism, racism, etc. As a set of forces that hurt, constrain, or otherwise disadvantage some group. That those forces also provide advantages to men, white people, etc. Many people seem happy to agree that women (and other disadvantaged groups) fail to get good jobs because they"ve suffered from unjust forces . But are very reluctant to think that there is a flipside that sexism, racism, etc. systematically provide unfair advantages to some people. Do men occupy a large place art history, history of philosophy, etc. just because of the value of their work (and because women have been kept out)? . For me, white privilege has turned out to be an elusive and fugitive subject. The pressure to avoid it is great, for in facing it i must give up the myth of meritocracy. Mystification is when the real explanation of some phenomenon is hidden or obscured by misleading results of that phenomenon.
