Brunning, L. orcid.org/0000-0003-4763-2817 (2024) Microaggression and ambiguous experience. Analysis. anae044. ISSN 0003-2638
Abstract
Regina Rini argues that ambiguity about whether behaviour instantiates oppression is constitutive of microaggression. I give reasons to doubt this: people can be clear that someone’s behaviour towards them instantiates oppression; ambiguity does not seem to feature centrally in apologies for microaggression; ambiguity can be present when someone is a victim of microaggression due to external causes such as fatigue; ambiguity can be introduced or dispelled by the corroborating input of third parties, some of whom have expertise as oppressed people themselves. These points lend support to a structural account of microaggression where ambiguity is an optional aggravating feature of some microaggressive behaviour.
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Keywords: | microaggression, ambiguity, oppression, apology, corroboration |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 21 May 2024 14:58 |
Last Modified: | 18 Oct 2024 15:55 |
Published Version: | https://academic.oup.com/analysis/advance-article/... |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/analys/anae044 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:212613 |
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