Sensitivity Readers

By |2022-08-24T09:59:27-04:00August 22nd, 2022|Categories: Perpectives|Tags: |0 Comments

On the front page of the New York Times (December 24, 2017), Alexandra Alter advanced the merits of so-called sensitivity readers, who look for underlying prejudices or misunderstandings in books and articles that might have unintended consequences. Sensitivity readers screen for slurs, discrimination or ignorance of cultural realities for the purpose of removing inadvertent bias [...]