There is talk in liberal quarters of people—straight white men, mostly—working to preserve their unearned privilege. And it is true that being born into a phenotype that has historically held power constitutes unearned privilege. We all have some, some more than others. However:
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You know who else is preserving their unearned privilege? Grievance Studies scholars.
#SokalSquared revealed the shoddy “scholarship” in these fields, and yet these departments and faculty are flourishing.https://areomagazine.com/2018/10/02/academic-grievance-studies-and-the-corruption-of-scholarship/ …8 replies 57 retweets 332 likesShow this thread -
Earning salary while indoctrinating students with untestable ideas? Unearned privilege. Writing up your “lived experience” and claiming it as scholarship? Unearned privilege.
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@HeatherEHeying Experience is more authentic than imaginary theories.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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“Theory” in Grievance Studies tends to be untestable gobbledygook, so I agree with you re: that use of the word. “Theory” in science, however, refers to a hypothesis that has been tested often, and never (yet) falsified, such that it has come to be accepted as true. 1/2
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The distinction between “empirical” and “theoretical” approaches to a question, though, is an important one. Neither is more authentic than the other, if both have at their base a testable hypothesis. 2/2
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