The editors of an influential feminist philosophy journal have denounced an academic research paper that argues racial identity can be just as fluid as gender, castigating its Canadian author for causing “harm” and ignoring “violence upon actual persons.”Curiously, these editors run the journal that published the paper in the first place. The “profound” and grovelling apology from associate editors of the journal Hypatia stops short of formal retraction. But it indicates the editors are appalled that Hypatia peer-reviewed, edited, and published the article, titled In Defense of Transracialism. She described receiving hate mail and anonymous expressions of disgust, largely from people who had not read her paper. Her tone is dry and academic, but she skips quickly over the intellectual perils of race, gender, their biological bases, and their social functions as systems of oppression.

Source: National Post May 03, 2017 12:22 UTC