Philosophy Talk Starters artwork

529: Microaggressions

Philosophy Talk Starters

English - November 26, 2023 00:00 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MB - ★★★★ - 54 ratings
Education Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed

Previous Episode: 577: Mary Astell
Next Episode: 578: In Awe of Wonder

More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/microaggressions.

Microaggressions are small comments or questions that may be insulting or hurtful to another person because of their race, gender, sexuality, and so on. Some people consider microaggressions to be a phantom symptom of political correctness and a further sign that society has become “soft,” while others see them as a problematic way of normalizing bigotry. So how do microagressions compare to other types of moral harms? Do they add up to structural oppression, and if so, how are we to assign individual culpability? Josh and Ray engage calmly with Lauren Freeman from the University of Louisville, co-editor of "Microaggressions and Philosophy."