Respectability Politics and Discrimination
Respectability Politics and Discrimination
This article was featured in our weekly newsletter, the Liberator Online. To receive it in your inbox, sign up here. Me: Tell me about Respectability Politics. Young Statesman (14): It’s basically making excuses for cultural prejudices. “If they were more respectable then this bad thing wouldn’t be happening.”
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