Marginalized intellectuals carry multiple expectations to represent whole groups.

Evidence

That is to say, I want to absolve myself of the many burdens of representation which people carry around. I carry around at least three: I’m expected to speak for the entire black race on all questions theoretical, critical, etc.; sometimes for British politics; as well as for Cultural Studies. This is what is known as the black person’s burden, and I would like to absolve myself of it at this moment. — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 234

Categorization

• XREF: Hall’s ‘burdens of representation’ speaks directly to the ‘black person’s burden’ inversion of Kipling’s white man’s burden; relates to debates over tokenism and standalone representation. — connects to: Marginalized intellectuals are expected to represent entire communities, not just themselves. — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 234; Minority writers are read as representing a collectivity greater than themselves — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 160; The demand that minorities speak for their whole community reinforces their marginality
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Marginalized intellectuals are expected to represent entire communities, not just themselves. — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 234; Minority writers are read as representing a collectivity greater than themselves — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 160; The demand that minorities speak for their whole community reinforces their marginality

Broader Connections

• Marginalized intellectuals are expected to represent entire communities, not just themselves. #expands (0.97) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 234
• The demand that minorities speak for their whole community reinforces their marginality #expands (0.94)
• Minority writers are read as representing a collectivity greater than themselves #exemplifies (0.93) — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 160