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Valuing Black Lives

In the wake of George Floyd’s murder, the significant police violence that followed, and the development of an international movement to address systemic racism, the Blog of the APA has prepared the following collection of pieces addressing issues of race and racism in the field of philosophy and society as a whole. We hope this collection brings us all to a place that moves beyond tolerance and towards justice and respect for all.

The Lives that Matter in the Prevailing Social Order

George Floyd’s murder at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department has ignited nationwide protests against police violence. Within these protests, the movement for...
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#AgainstPoliceViolence

Editor's note: This special edition of Black Issues in Philosophy is being run to provide insight into the recent killing of George Floyd by...

What It’s Like to be an HBCU Faculty Member: Anika Simpson

The purpose of this APA Blog series, What It’s Like to be an HBCU Faculty Member, is to spotlight faculty members in our profession...
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Dawn of Darkness

(Composed on 24 March 2020) I know, I know, It threatens the common gestures of human bonding The handshake, The hug The shoulders we give each other to cry...
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Frederick Douglass and the Transformational Power of Courage in a Fearsome World

In organizing and movement-building circles, we often talk honorifically about our “fearless” leaders: people who are unflinching, who are not afraid of any fight and who never...

What It’s Like to be an HBCU Faculty Member: Brandon Hogan

The purpose of this APA Blog series, What It's Like to be an HBCU Faculty Member, is to spotlight faculty members in our profession...

Racism’s Guts? The Physiology of Oppression

by Shannon Sullivan Can a person’s belief in racial hierarchy—for example, that white people are superior to Black people—be embodied in their gut? I wondered...

Racism As Self-Love

In his Discourse on the Origins of Inequality, Jean-Jacques Rousseau posits an important distinction between self-preservation (amour de soi) and self-love (amour-propre). As he...
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Philosophical Methodologies of Critical Race Theory

by Richard A. Jones Critical Race Theory (CRT), in its most influential form, was initiated at Harvard Law School by Derrick Bell’s early critique of...
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Working Intersectionally to Abolish White Supremacy: An Interview with Alyosha Goldstein

by Luis J. Beltrán-Álvarez Dr. Alyosha Goldstein is Professor of American Studies at the University of New Mexico. Goldstein dedicates his research to the study...