The broadest formulation: the claim that "reason" itself is a privileged category, constructed and deployed in ways that serve some interests while excluding others. Reason privilege operates when one group's way of knowing is treated as Reason itself, while others' ways are treated as mere opinion, belief, or emotion. Reason privilege is invisible to those who have it—they just think they're being reasonable. For those excluded, the privilege is painfully visible. Theory of Reason Privilege doesn't reject reason; it rejects the monopolization of reason, the use of reason as a tool of exclusion.
Theory of Reason Privilege "You say 'let's be reasonable' and expect everyone to agree. Theory of Reason Privilege says: your reason isn't everyone's. You've been trained in a particular tradition of reason; others have different traditions. Calling your tradition 'reason' and theirs 'culture' is privilege in action. Reason can be shared, but only when it's not owned. Your privilege is thinking your reason is the only one."
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