Is Bignall really saying that our leading scholars are just fringe dwellers 2 white knowing? Defending white virtue while speaking 4 the native was so Becky'esque
Black Issues in Philosophy: Response to "Australian Continental Philosophy" https://blog.apaonline.org/2018/01/09/black-issues-in-philosophy-response-to-australian-continental-philosophy/ … via @apa_blog
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Possibly one of the most apt illustrations of academia: Bignall shields herself against racism ("alongside Indigenous academics &activists"). Then says WHITE Continental Philosophers can't find work easily. Then uplifts White keynotes. Then criticises Prof Aileen Moreton-Robinson
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Prof Moreton-Robinson "considers 'Western thought' in its entirety as party to colonial enterprise of individualist white possession." Then argues White academics are "diverse," while arguing White people shouldn't have to deal with Aboriginal & other Black academics' critiques
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I was also unsure about that claim. Is that what Moreton-Robinson believes/argues? I agree that she's not a continental philosopher and she has strong criticisms of colonialism and epistemology. But very willing to engage European theoreticians when useful
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Bryan Mukandi answers this well in the counter-response: it doesn't matter that Prof Moreton-Robinson is not a continental philosopher. The question is not expertise but “What is Continental Philosophy in Australia?” And by extension, why leave out seminal Aboriginal voices?
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We all know that academia is not a neat delineation, as texts from other fields influence sub-disciplines. Prof Moreton-Robinson has been hugely influential across fields. Bignall's lengthy argument that it's justifyable to not invite her b/c she's not a philosopher is ridiculous
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