Pour défendre le transracialisme

Les Ateliers de l'Éthique / the Ethics Forum 12 (2-3):100-119 (2017)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

REBECCA TUVEL,VINCENT DUHAMEL | : La tentative de l’ancienne cheffe d’une section de la NAACP 1 Rachel Dolezal de passer de la race blanche à la race noire a occasionné une intense controverse. Son histoire est devenue célèbre au même moment où Caitlyn Jenner2 faisait la couverture de Vanity Fair, signe d’une acceptation grandissante de l’identité trans. Pourtant, les critiques adressées à Dolezal pour avoir caché sa race natale indiquent qu’il existe une perception sociale largement répandue selon laquelle il n’est ni possible ni acceptable de changer de race de la manière dont on peut changer de sexe. Les considérations qui soutiennent le transgenrisme3 semblent s’appliquer également au transracialisme. Que Dolezal représente ou non un exemple authentique de personne transraciale, son histoire et la réaction publique qu’elle a suscitée peuvent fournir un cas instructif à étudier. | : Former NAACP chapter head Rachel Dolezal’s attempted transition from the white to the black race occasioned heated controversy. Her story gained notoriety at the same time that Caitlyn Jenner graced the cover of Vanity Fair, signaling a growing acceptance of transgender identity. Yet criticisms of Dolezal for misrepresenting her birth race indicate a widespread social perception that it is neither possible nor acceptable to change one’s race in the way it might be to change one’s sex. Considerations that support transgenderism seem to apply equally to transracialism. Although Dolezal herself may or may not represent a genuine case of a transracial person, her story and the public reaction to it serve helpful illustrative purposes.

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 92,261

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

In Defense of Transracialism.Rebecca Tuvel - 2017 - Hypatia 32 (2):263-278.
Race and Method.Tina Fernandes Botts - 2018 - Philosophy Today 62 (1):51-72.
Childhood and Race.Albert Atkin - 2018 - In Anca Gheaus, Gideon Calder & Jurgen de Wispelaere (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Childhood and Children. New York: Routledge. pp. 249-259.
Engaging with Race Theory.Sabrina L. Hom - 2018 - Philosophy Today 62 (1):31-50.
Literature as Philosophical Theodicy.Vasil Gluchman - 2008 - Proceedings of the Xxii World Congress of Philosophy 26:43-50.
Transracialism and White Allyship.Kris Sealey - 2018 - Philosophy Today 62 (1):21-29.
Race Science and Definition.Albert Atkin - 2017 - In Naomi Zack (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Race. New York, NY, USA: pp. 139-149.
Own-Race-Absent Racism.T. Martin - 2009 - South African Journal of Philosophy 28 (1):25-33.
Race Concepts in Medicine.M. O. Hardimon - 2013 - Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 38 (1):6-31.
The Fluid Symbol of Mixed Race.Naomi Zack - 2010 - Hypatia 25 (4):875 - 890.

Analytics

Added to PP
2018-09-29

Downloads
38 (#422,001)

6 months
12 (#220,085)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author's Profile

Rebecca Tuvel
Rhodes College

Citations of this work

No citations found.

Add more citations

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references