But for my understanding, when you say that intersectionality is wrong, do you mean that the very basic premise, which I would summarise as "people face different problems in regards to different sets of groups they belong to", is wrong or something more specific?
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Replying to @mariustalks @PsychRabble and
This is what I mean.https://areomagazine.com/2017/02/15/the-problem-with-intersectional-feminism/ …
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Replying to @HPluckrose @mariustalks and
Again, I don't see it. I just can't tell if this is a real problem in academia or not. I listen to centrist and right-leaning black people, trans and gay people. As well as white dudes. Most of the feminists I know do as well. While all people are different, I think you are
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Replying to @chrisiousity @HPluckrose and
being a bit wide brush here. You don't mention that when it comes to racial issues black and white people have widely different attitudes.http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2016/06/27/on-views-of-race-and-inequality-blacks-and-whites-are-worlds-apart/ …
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Replying to @chrisiousity @mariustalks and
I don't know what you mean. I'm not claiming that everyone uses this ideology. I'm just criticising the ones who do.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @mariustalks and
Perhaps I was unclear. What I am saying is that black people and white people have significantly different attitudes when it comes to race and discrimination specifically, so it would be essential to include black people in discussions on race in our society. As many as possible.
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Replying to @chrisiousity @HPluckrose and
Now of course those black people are all individuals and will disagree with one another on any number of things and have political leanings like anyone else. But according to surveys their perception of the impact of racism on their lives is different than white people's, and as
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Replying to @chrisiousity @HPluckrose and
I trust black people to know their own experience a lot more than I trust white people to interpret and judge black people's experience I would prefer to simply have and value their perspective.
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Replying to @chrisiousity @mariustalks and
I'm just not sure how this relates to anything I have said. I have never said that people don't know their own experiences? What is this in relation to?
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Replying to @HPluckrose @mariustalks and
Perhaps I am not understanding your objection to intersectionality.
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I cannot explain it better on Twitter than I have in 6 essays, two talks and a podcast.
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Replying to @chrisiousity @HPluckrose and
The true test of a position is whether or not you can distill it down to its essence. She can't.
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