Radical Philosophy Hour

Justin Clardy - While non-monogamous intimacies have been becoming more prevalent in our present social landscape, they still face a range of injustices on social and political fronts. Politically, non-monogamists are excluded from certain rights or privileges that their monogamous counterparts hold such as access to marriage. Socially, non-monogamists experience a kind of ‘hermeneutical injustice’ where they are estranged from their own experiences with love and intimacy due to marginalization from the collective framework of understanding, to name a few. Demographically, the existing polyamorous community in the U.S. resembles that of folks in monogamous relationships.Additionally, consensual non-monogamous relationships are fairly common among Black populations. Yet, despite the growing and diverse demographic profile of consensual non-monogamy, many people still think that “Black folks just don’t do that,” as most portrayals of consensual non-monogamy frame it as something that is only prevalent among highly educated middle to upper-class whites. This article discusses…