Race Talk at the Intersections of Gender and Class

This essay examines the phenomena of white male privilege. Using the parameters of intersectionality talk, the rubric of hegemony of race and gender limit the concept and possibilities of diversity. Slatton outlines how this concept of race and talk is the conceptual framework in which white males use to provide a narrative or conceptual base in describing and evaluating the humanistic experience. Equally important, she reports with precision, the cannon of rhetorical strategies employed in these race talk engagements: 1. Justify, 2. Persuade, 3. Blame, 4. Defend Racial positions to themselves, and 5. Defend racial positions to others.