To weigh in here as someone who had to read some race studies literature in college:
the idea that privileged white men find it easier to take a universalising, impartial approach to doing good seems intuitively plausible
I think that’s probably true—the theory I’ve read is based on the idea that white straight men are positioned as the “norm” under racial/gender hierarchy in Western society. Everyone else is othered and seen in relation to that norm. Some oversimplified examples:
“Unisex” sizing is actually men’s sizing.
Fresh Off The Boat is marketed as an ethnic, Asian-American story. Friends is just a show about some people who are friends, and doesn’t need to justify its existence by discussing experiences peculiar to the White community.
Car crash dummies are usually shaped to the average man, meaning that women are more likely to die in car crashes.
The whole concept of “ethnic food”.
Given instances like this, it makes sense to me that white men find it easier to be impartial, and PoC are more likely to be aware of and care about issues special to us communities, because knowledge, culture, and norms seen as “impartial” often exclude us.
That being said, I don’t know if PoC feel a stronger desire to donate to their communities than Boy Scouts. Personally, I think that’s just a reason for EA to figure out ways to appeal to Boy Scouts, not to appeal less to PoC.
To weigh in here as someone who had to read some race studies literature in college:
I think that’s probably true—the theory I’ve read is based on the idea that white straight men are positioned as the “norm” under racial/gender hierarchy in Western society. Everyone else is othered and seen in relation to that norm. Some oversimplified examples:
“Unisex” sizing is actually men’s sizing.
Fresh Off The Boat is marketed as an ethnic, Asian-American story. Friends is just a show about some people who are friends, and doesn’t need to justify its existence by discussing experiences peculiar to the White community.
Car crash dummies are usually shaped to the average man, meaning that women are more likely to die in car crashes.
The whole concept of “ethnic food”.
Given instances like this, it makes sense to me that white men find it easier to be impartial, and PoC are more likely to be aware of and care about issues special to us communities, because knowledge, culture, and norms seen as “impartial” often exclude us.
That being said, I don’t know if PoC feel a stronger desire to donate to their communities than Boy Scouts. Personally, I think that’s just a reason for EA to figure out ways to appeal to Boy Scouts, not to appeal less to PoC.