Explaining Injustice in Speech: Individualistic vs. Structural Explanation

Saray Ayala, San Francisco State University

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Abstract

Implicit bias has recently gained much attention in scholarly attempts to understand and explain different forms of social injustice by identifying causally relevant mental states in individual’ minds. Here we question the explanatory power of implicit bias in a particular type of injustice, testimonial injustice, and more generally in what we call speech injustice. Continue reading Explaining Injustice in Speech: Individualistic vs. Structural Explanation