Akagi, Mikio (2023) Structural microaggressions for explaining outcome gaps. [Preprint]

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Abstract

Microaggressions are hypothesized to play a causal role in undesirable population effects such as racial health gaps, but the mechanisms through which this occurs are not yet well understood. I call inquiry about these mechanisms the “explanatory project.” I suggest that the explanatory project has been hindered by microaggression concepts tailored to be applicable under conditions of lived uncertainty, rather than to facilitate understanding of structural causes. I defend a pluralist, structural account of microaggressions from arguments by Regina Rini that, while appropriate for ethical projects, do not apply to the explanatory project.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Akagi, Mikio mikio.akagi@gmail.com 0000-0003-0996-487X
Keywords:	Microaggressions; Structural oppression; Conceptual engineering; Psychology; Public health
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Psychology General Issues > Science and Society General Issues > Social Epistemology of Science Specific Sciences > Psychology > Social Psychology
Depositing User:	Dr. Mikio Akagi
Date Deposited:	06 Oct 2023 03:10
Last Modified:	06 Oct 2023 03:10
Item ID:	22632
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Psychology General Issues > Science and Society General Issues > Social Epistemology of Science Specific Sciences > Psychology > Social Psychology
Date:	2 October 2023
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/22632

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