Black Issues in Philosophy: A Conversation on Get Out
Having recently viewed Jordan Peele’s award-winning Get Out (2017), political theorist Derefe Kimarley Chevannes was prompted to discuss the film with philosopher Lewis Gordon,...
Tell Us How to Fix the Lack of Diversity in Philosophy Journals
Philosophy departments in the U.S. and Britain are famously homogenous. You already know that. What you might not know is that mainstream Anglophone philosophy...
Black Issues in Philosophy: The African Decolonial Thought of Oyèrónké Oyĕwùmí
By Lewis Gordon
As the history of philosophy shows, its major developments often come from thinkers who were not formally trained as philosophers. Among the...
Black Issues in Philosophy: Losing Ground as Existential Reflection on Philosophy
“The aesthetic moment is, so to speak, after the fact.”
Losing Ground (1982) is a film about a black female philosophy professor. It is among...
Black Issues in Philosophy: A Conversation on The Black Panther
Prior to the release of The Black Panther, some well-intentioned whites on social media recommended whites to wait a week before going to see the...
Black Issue in Philosophy: Understanding Togetherness in Difference in a Hateful World
“Wherever one thing stands,” Chinua Achebe (1989) argued, “something else must stand beside it,” because the world must necessarily be a shared space, one...
Celebrate Women in Philosophy!
The Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession is pleased to announce two new posters celebrating women in philosophy. These posters represent...
Anton Wilhelm Amo: The African Philosopher in 18th Century Europe
Anton Wilhelm Amo (c. 1700 – c. 1750) - born in West Africa, enslaved, and then gifted to the Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel - became...
Black Issues in Philosophy: The Frantz Fanon Foundation’s 2nd Rencontres
The Frantz Fanon Foundation celebrated its 10th Anniversary in the “2nd Rencontres” of the Foundation. The activity took place on December 8th, 2017 in...
Face Death: End Racism
“This stuff goes deep… But are we keeping quiet because we’re looking an enemy in the face, and it is us? We’re quiet because...