In a society with hidden bias, only universal civil rights demands remain useful.

Evidence

In a society in which, as Marcuse assumed, unilateral restrictions of tolerance had always been in force in the background, every demand for biased tolerance could only strengthen the attitudes of those in power, with their merely apparent impartiality. In situations like this, only one demand seemed useful: the demand that everyone should be able to exercise their civil rights. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 647

Categorization

• XREF: Plausibly connects to the reader’s interest in communication-as-culture arguments about how power shapes the terms of debate. — connects to: The norm against prejudice protects only prejudices seen as unwarranted — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice: Society,…, 547; Universalistic norms lose force without status-group exclusionary sanctions behind them. — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 271; Particular solidarities must remain open to universal solidarity.
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: The norm against prejudice protects only prejudices seen as unwarranted — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice: Society,…, 547; Universalistic norms lose force without status-group exclusionary sanctions behind them. — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 271; Particular solidarities must remain open to universal solidarity.

Broader Connections

• Universalistic norms lose force without status-group exclusionary sanctions behind them. #complicates (0.78) — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 271