The Terrifying Tale of the Philosophical Mammy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8390442 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeanine Weekes Schroer (Environmental Protection Agency, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 101-107 |
| Publication date | 2013-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Black Scholar (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0006-4246 • E-ISSN: 2162-5387 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.5816/blackscholar.43.4.0101 |
| OpenAlex | W2566904546 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
Recently I’ve been refl ecting on the possibility that choices I’ve made and commitments I’ve accepted—choices and commitments like being part of the academy and treating philosophy as a productive way to pursue truths about race and racism—have made me into a Philosophical Mammy.1 In short, as a Black Feminist Philosopher, I have been thinking about my role in philosophy. Despite the worrisome evidence, I hold fast to the belief that my intellectual identity can be defended to include all of my intellectual ancestors: both those in the canon of Western philosophy and intellectual forebears such as Audre Lorde, Cherrie Moraga, and Patricia Hill Collins, among others.2 Some of those to whom I owe an intellectual debt are more like cousins; alongside a small but growing number of black female philosophers, I occupy a unique position.3 It is to them that I most owe an account of myself. I believe I have one to give, an earnest defense that is not simply self-serving but one that is also not a concession. The goal of this essay is to investigate and answer the challenge posed by the possibility of a Philosophical Mammy. What is revealed is not just the personal, social, and professional location of one particular philosopher, but a surprising and valuable stage in the ongoing progress of both black feminism and philosophy. How Does One Get the Job “Philosophical Mammy”
Aesthetics · Debt · Epistemology · Feminism · Identity (music · Philosophical methodology · Racism · Sociology · Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies · Gender Studies · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Philosophy · Race, History, and American Society
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |