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Methodology of the Privileged: White Anti‐racist Feminism, Systematic Ignorance, and Epistemic Uncertainty

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2020

Adale Sholock
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Abstract

This article addresses the impact of systematic ignorance and epistemic uncertainty upon white Western women's participation in anti‐racist and transnational feminisms. I argue that a “methodology of the privileged” is necessary for effective coalition‐building across racial and geopolitical inequities. Examining both self‐reflexivity and racial sedition as existing methods, I conclude that epistemic uncertainty should be considered an additional strategy rather than a dilemma for the privileged.

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Hypatia , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , Fall 2012 , pp. 701 - 714
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Copyright © 2012 by Hypatia, Inc.

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