Unconscious Bias Training as a Management Tool
Training on ‘unconscious bias’ is the punishment that hiring committees face for not hiring enough female and (non-Asian) minority professors.
Privilege
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Harris, Lilla, and the Politics of Identity
For only then can reason ensure that the moral and social bonds of universal human brotherhood are sustained.
Neo-Orientalism on the Left
This Orientalism has clouded how many on the Western Left understand and approach minority cultures within their own societies.
False Hopes and Invisible Enemies
As explicit discrimination decreased, social scientists began proposing alternatives to explain remaining gaps.
Privilege-Checking the Privilege-Checkers
If we hope to maintain our privileges – and work towards securing them for others – we must be aware of the bad ideas that threaten them.
Problems of Privilege — Lessons from the French Revolution
It has almost been forgotten that the concept of privilege, and critiques of privilege as the source of society’s ills, are nothing new in history.
Scepticism About White Privilege
White privilege is a central theme of the protests at Evergreen State College, University of Missouri, Yale University, and so on.
Feminism Blinds Students to the Truth About Men
Are women so smothered by the blanket of victimhood that we can’t concede that men face issues too? Isn’t the hallmark of intersectionality finding victimhood everywhere?
Now That I Have Checked My Male Privilege...
There is a tendency for many feminists to essentialize gender victimization into simplistic binary camps – of good and evil – even though privilege is an under-developed concept.
On Privilege and Being Human
Our intellectual ascendency defined us as a species and is inextricably linked to our success and our ability to connect with one another.