A ranked thinking about beings underlies racism, sexism, and anthropocentrism alike

Evidence

Value-hierarchized thinking: A way of thinking that depends on a ranking system where we value some and devalue others. Hierarchized thinking makes racism, sexism, and anthropocentrism, for example, possible. … Individualism: The belief that humans are independent autonomous units, that pursuit of self-interest leads to the greatest good, and that competition is natural (this is different from individuality, which recognizes each person’s unique attributes and contributions). … Interdependence: The dynamic of being mutually responsible to and dependent on others; participating in a network of relationships in which the members rely upon and support each other. Interdependence includes the relationships among humans and the natural world. — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education, 412

Categorization

• XREF: Pays off the polyad’s value-hierarchized logic thread across all four courses. — connects to: Valuing one being over another invites discrimination against others — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 262; Racism logically depends on the prior belief that animals and nature are inferior. — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 1110; Uniting gender, race, class, and nature critiques could shake all oppression — Val Plumwood, Feminism and the Mastery of Nature, 32 (+7 more)
• DEFINE: Precise glossary definitions that can be taught verbatim as vocabulary in an EcoJustice unit.
• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source

Broader Connections

• Preexisting race-thinking gave racism a false veneer of respectability #corroborates (0.80)
• Race-thinking preceded and differs from racism as a full ideology #qualifies (0.75)
• Racism uses value hierarchies framed as natural to control and exploit #expands (0.75) — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education, 1100