How is philosophy behind how we think about race today? Why should we stop talking about race altogether? And what’s the difference between “Black” and “black”? Join host Dean Brian Edwards and Lionel K. McPherson, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University, as they discuss these questions and more in this episode of Anti-Racism and the Disciplines.

Timestamps:

• [01:37 - 04:24] What's the relationship between philosophy and race?

• [04:24 - 07:45] What are some of the problems with the terms "race," "racism," and "anti-racism"?

• [07:45 - 11:39] How is questioning philosophy itself a way of doing philosophy?

• [11:39 - 14:18] What do we miss by focusing on debates about "race"?

• [14:18 - 16:54] What is McPherson's concept of "geoancestry"?

• [16:54 - 21:01] What's the difference between "Black" and "black"?

• [21:01 - 22:29] What, if any, have been the ramifications of the 2020 protests in the wake of George Floyd’s murder on philosophy?

• [22:29 - 27:44] How can philosophy address racism in the discipline?

Host: Brian T. Edwards

Executive Producer: Gabriela Garcia Mayes

Music: Cory Diane

Production Assistant: Maggie Green