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Articles in Philosophy & Religion tagged with Race

Lewis Gordon and Nathalie Etoke discuss the space for freedom opened up by Black existentialist thought.

Lewis Gordon, Nathalie Etoke

When Desmond Tutu reconciled African theology and Black theology.

Cornel West, Panashe Chigumadzi
Racial redress should be modeled on the global anticolonial tradition of worldbuilding.
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

A recording of a virtual roundtable to honor the life and work of Charles W. Mills.

As more of Robinson’s books come back into print, reading them with Black Marxism can enrich our understanding of racial capitalism.

Minkah Makalani

Cedric Robinson’s Black Marxism helps us fight fascism with greater clarity and with ever more questions.

Robin D. G. Kelley
We cannot simply put the past behind us. The framework of transitional justice offers a promising path forward.
Colleen Murphy
The Krugs and Dolezals dominate the headlines, but they are distractions from the fraud that imperils us all: believing oneself to be white.
Luvell Anderson
Unlike gender inequality, racial inequality primarily accumulates across generations. Transracial identification undermines collective reckoning with that injustice.
Dee Payton, Robin Dembroff

Judith Butler talks with Brandon M. Terry about MLK, the grievability of black lives, and how to defend nonviolence today. 

Judith Butler, Brandon M. Terry

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