"One thing I think this illustrates is how non-transferable experiences of marginalisation are. bell hooks obviously has more experience of marginalisation than I do - she is a black woman in the US, while I am in most regards a fairly privileged white man. But I am also a queer neurodivergent person, and the experience … Continue reading Marginalization and Being Weird
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Identity & Unspoken Privileges
Privilege is frequently discussed in term of race, gender and sexual orientation. If you are white, male and heterosexual, you are one of the most privileged members of society, according to most frameworks of privilege. Intersectionality is certainly a useful way of looking at societal systems of oppression and an aid in offering critiques of … Continue reading Identity & Unspoken Privileges
