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Public Philosophy Is Good—For Philosophy and For the Public

...The Stone, the New York Times Opinionator online column dedicated to philosophy, as merely “fun.” Consider George Yancy’s December 24, 2015 column, “Dear White America,” which called upon white Americans...

I’ve hosted “Ask a Philosopher” for two years. Here’s what I’ve learned.

...to philosophize in different ways, some more interactive or responsive than others. George Yancy gives opening remarks at the Night of Philosophy and Ideas at the Brooklyn Public Library, January...

Philosophy in the Contemporary World: The Banality of Rumor

...vulnerable, as Brené Brown knows all too well and the philosopher George Yancy discusses often. Let’s sweat through the concept and then change this social practice. Let’s open ourselves to...

What Is It Like to Be A Philosopher? An Interview With Joel Sati

...first is The Stone. George Yancy’s writings on race as a demographic, philosophical, and social problem within the discipline/through the lens of the discipline The second, which I lump into...

The Ugly Truth of Being a Black Professor in America

...Higher Education and is adapted from George Yancy’s recently published book Backlash: How Happens When We Talk Honestly about Racism in America. According to reviewer Stephen Brookfield, “There is simply...

Face Death: End Racism

...a work titled An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans. Almost 200 years later, philosopher George Yancy published On Race: 34 Conversations in a Time of...

Black Issues in Philosophy: An Interview with Cornel West

...7:30–10:30 p.m. Co-sponsored by Philosophy Born of Struggle Chair: Julie E. Maybee (Lehman College) Speakers: George Yancy (Emory University) “I Am a Dangerous Professor” Tommy J. Curry (Texas A&M University)...

Reflections on Tommy Curry

...of Curry’s 2012 comment using a known misinterpretation in 2017, which has resulted in death threats against Professor Curry. Other philosophers of color, whether Anthony Appiah, George Yancy, Linda Alcoff,...

APA Newsletters, Spring 2017 Edition – Part Two

...Black Experience is the first one organized by new co-editors Stephen C. Ferguson and Dwayne Tunstall, who recently took over the role after longtime co-editors John McClendon and George Yancy...

Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Bisexuality and the Culture of Professional Philosophy

...great books, the classics from the Pre-Socratics through Augustine, Kant, and Wittgenstein. We always will, but George Yancy’s philosophy and edited anthologies should be read by all sides today too....