Word to the Wise: Notes on a Black Feminist Metaphilosophy of Race
It is not uncommon to ask a race and gender based question of a philosopher of race, only to hear 'I do race, not gender' To the ears of many Black feminists, this sounds, to be frank, utterly foolish. Here, I identify three metaphilosophical assumptions, i.e. the disaggregation, fundamentality and transcendental assumptions, that aid in underwriting the ability to use the statement, 'I do race, not gender' as a means for avoiding gender based questions in 'race talks' Then, I gesture to a reason to reject the fundamentality and transcendental assumptions, i.e. the promotion of intellectual slumming.