American philosopher who has developed an ameliorative approach to social ontology — analyzing what race and gender should mean to advance justice — and contributed to critical metaphysics.
Resisting Reality: ameliorative analysis of race and gender — we should not seek the 'true' meaning of these terms but ask what concept serves our political and social purposes best. Gender is a social position defined by structural relations to hierarchical power; race is a social position marked by perceived ancestry. Structure, agency, and narrative in social explanation.
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