Microaggressions and Philosophy

Lauren Freeman is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Louisville, USA. Her research interests span the areas of analytic feminist philosophy, philosophy of medicine, and philosophy of emotion. She has published articles on microaggressions, implicit bias, and stereotype threat, and is currently writing a book on microaggressions in medicine.Jeanine Weekes Schroer is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, USA. Her research areas include social philosophy, feminist theory, critical race theory, and epistemologies of ignorance.

• Introduction: Microaggressions and PhilosophyLauren Freeman Sticks and Stones Can Break Your Bones and Words Can Really Hurt You:A Standpoint Epistemological Reply to Critics of the Microaggression Research Program Lauren Freeman and Heather Stewart Microaggressions, Mechanisms, and Harm Cameron Evans and Ron Mallon Psychological Research on Racial Microaggressions: Community Science and Concept ExplicationMorgan Thompson Taking the Measure of Microaggression: How to Put Boundaries on a Nebulous ConceptRegina Rini Escalating Linguistic Violence: From Microaggressions to Hate SpeechEmma McClure Outing Foreigners: Accent and Linguistic MicroaggressionsSaray Ayala-López I Know What Happened to Me: The Epistemic Harms of MicroaggressionSaba Fatima A Defense of Intentional Microaggressions and Microaggressive Harassment: The Fundamental Attribution Error, Harassment, and Gaslighting of Transgender AthletesChristina Friedlaender & Veronica Ivy Microaggressions as a Disciplinary Technique for Fat and Potentially Fat BodiesAlison Reiheld The Message in the Microaggression: Epistemic Oppression at the Intersection of Disability and RaceJeanine Weekes Schroer and Zara Bain Racial Methodological Microaggressions: When Good Intersectionality Goes BadTempest M. Henning

"This book provides an important critique of some common conversations about micoaggressions, but it also shows us what more informed and more interesting conversations about them look like." – Stacey Goguen, Northeastern Illinois University, USA"Microaggressions and Philosophy is a bold volume whose contributions span the scope of the structural, the interpersonal, and the scientific. It is essential reading for anyone interested in philosophy that engages with oppression and social justice." – Nora Berenstain, University of Tennessee, USA