How'd I know?
Posted on 11/05/2014 9:08:17 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
George Yancy: What motivates you to work as a philosopher in the area of race?
Naomi Zack: I am mainly motivated by a great need to work and not to be bored, and I have a critical bent. I think there is a lot of work to be done concerning race in the United States, and a lot of ignorance and unfairness that still needs to be uncovered and corrected. I received my doctorate in philosophy from Columbia University in 1970 and then became absent from academia until 1990. When I returned it had become possible to write about real issues and apply analytic skills to social ills and other practical forms of injustice. My first book, “Race and Mixed Race” (1991) was an analysis of the incoherence of U.S. black/white racial categories in their failure to allow for mixed race. In “Philosophy of Science and Race,” I examined the lack of a scientific foundation for biological notions of human races, and in “The Ethics and Mores of Race,” I turned to the absence of ideas of universal human equality in the Western philosophical tradition.
I’m also interested in the role of the university in homelessness and have begun to organize an ongoing project for the University of Oregon’s Community Philosophy Institute, with a unique website.
G.Y.: How can critical philosophy of race shed unique light on what has happened, and is still happening, in Ferguson, Mo.?
N.Z.: Critical philosophy of race, like critical race theory in legal studies, seeks to understand the disadvantages of nonwhite racial groups in society (blacks especially) by understanding social customs, laws, and legal practices....
(Excerpt) Read more at opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com ...
So this is what philosophy has come to. Socrates would be glad he drank that hemlock.
>> Critical philosophy of race, like critical race theory in legal studies
So what exactly is non-critical race theory? And does it involve regions other than the “evil” United States?
I thought it meant working your fingers to the bone so minorities didn’t have to work...: )
Eugene, Oregon has long been a cave of moonbats.
What a strange turn of phrase.
As if she doesn't know herself where she went.
It means shut up and submit to collectivist totalitarianism, or be shot in the name of obstructing peace for women and children, you stupid obstructionist hater redneck 'murican.
Jeez, try to keep up, wouldja?
White privilege is being able to find a key chain with your name on it in the store.
No wonder I’ve always felt left out. When I got my first bicycle I wanted a little personalized plate of my name. I couldn’t find one anywhere. And I’m as white as they come. I still don’t find my name on things in stores.
How many Progressives can dance on a pin(head) ?
Do they still publish The New York Times????
Surprising anyone still reads it.
I would propose that we are living in an era of black privilege. Affirmative action, Sharpton with a TV show, a totally incompetent leftist hack for President, etc., etc., etc.
HA!!
Post of the Day!
The version of philosophy Naomi Zack is purveying is the philosophy of non rigorous investigations. If you collect facts that support your position, and ignore facts that don’t...like her expressions of nonsense in this email interview show, she will conclude nonsense.
Garbage in, garbage out.
QED
DK
+1
Magnificent!
Great start to the day; thanks.
How'd I know?
Ask about Han privilege in Chinese society and see if the critical race theory applies across the spectrum of races.
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