Whiteness, repressive victimhood, and the foil of the intolerant left. Issue 1 (2nd January 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kelly, Casey Ryan
• Is Part Of: First amendment studies. Volume 55:Issue 1(2021)
• Page Start: 59
• Page End: 76
• Publication Date: 2021-01-02
• Subjects: Repressive tolerance -- white supremacy -- victimhood -- college campuses -- Milo Yiannopoulos; Freedom of speech -- United States -- Periodicals; Freedom of speech -- Periodicals; 323.44
• DOI: 10.1080/21689725.2021.1895863
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2168-1430

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This essay argues that recent controversies over conservative speakers on college campuses are an opaque vehicle for White supremacy. Revisiting Herbert Marcuse's concept of repressive tolerance through the lens of Critical Race Theory, this essay sketches the features of repressive victimhood : the advancement of categorical minority status orchestrated to shield white people from charges of intolerance while reframing counterspeech as commensurate with overt bigotry.