A Reflection on Juneteenth 2021
Juneteenth (also known as Emancipation Day)—the celebration of June 19, 1865, the day in which Texas complied with the Emancipation Proclamation—is now a national...
Uncertainty Can Be A Luxury: A Response to a Recent Issue of Race and...
Racism forces us to confront the limits of what we know about ourselves and others. The pockets of uncertainty into which it leads can...
Antiblackness and Philosophical Duplicity
The black woman philosopher Adrian Piper had an unfortunate run-in with Wilfred Van Orman Quine on her first day as a Harvard graduate student....
Reflections on the Erasure of Violence Against Sex Workers Pre- and Post-Atlanta
By Erica MacDonald
In the hours following the horrific murders at three Atlanta-area massage parlors on March 16, 2021, journalists and other commentators attempted to...
The Women Doing Philosophy Group in the Philippines
To Slay a Specter: On the Founding of the Women Doing Philosophy Group in the Philippines
By Cassandra Teodosio
For years there has been a lingering...
The Caribbean Philosophical Association’s 2021 Award Winners
The Caribbean Philosophical Association is pleased to announce the 2021 recipients of the association’s awards for contributions to philosophical thought, literature, and mentorship:
The Frantz...
Time, Beauty, and Spirit in Kamëntšá Culture: A Brief Review
For someone like me who has research interest in myth and religion, Juan Alejandro Chindoy’s A Decolonial Philosophy of Indigenous Colombia contains wonderful analyses...
Black Spaces in Britain: On the Windrush and Small Axe
By James Cantres
Steve McQueen’s five-part film anthology Small Axe portrays various strains of Black British life from the 1960s through 1980s. Each film gives...
Storming the Capitol Building Is Not a Privilege
By Lewis R. Gordon
Among the critical responses to white supremacists’ attack on Congress on the 6th of January 2021 was the cry of “white...
Parable of Change
Georgia is where my sister lives with her family. Her oldest child, my goddaughter, epitomizes Black girl magic. She is a leader. She is...