Sebo and Singer flourish as academics in a white supremacist patriarchal society because others, including people of color and those who identify as women, are pushed down. (p. 135, emphasis added.)
Maybe treading on the oppressed is a crucial part of Singer’s daily writing routine, without which he would never have written a word? If there’s some other reason to believe this wild causal claim, we’re never told what it is.
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Here’s a potential more charitable interpretation of this claim. Adams might not be claiming:
”Singer personally performs some act of oppression as part of his writing process.”
Adam’s causal model might be more of the following:
”Singer’s ideas aren’t unusually good; there are lots of other people, including people of color and those who identify as women, who have ideas that are as good or better. But those other people are being pushed down (by society in general, not by Singer personally) which leaves that position open for Singer. If people of color and those who identify as women weren’t oppressed, then some of them would be able to outcompete Singer, leaving Singer to not flourish as much.”
About this footnote:
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Carol Adams even informs us that:
Maybe treading on the oppressed is a crucial part of Singer’s daily writing routine, without which he would never have written a word? If there’s some other reason to believe this wild causal claim, we’re never told what it is.
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Here’s a potential more charitable interpretation of this claim. Adams might not be claiming:
”Singer personally performs some act of oppression as part of his writing process.”
Adam’s causal model might be more of the following:
”Singer’s ideas aren’t unusually good; there are lots of other people, including people of color and those who identify as women, who have ideas that are as good or better. But those other people are being pushed down (by society in general, not by Singer personally) which leaves that position open for Singer. If people of color and those who identify as women weren’t oppressed, then some of them would be able to outcompete Singer, leaving Singer to not flourish as much.”