SPECIAL GUEST: Derrick Darby, Ph.D., graduated from Colgate University with a B.A. in Philosophy and received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh.

He has taught at the University of Virginia, Northwestern University, Texas A&M University and is now teaching at the University of Kansas in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the School of Law.

Dr. Darby’s work has connected philosophy with issues and concerns that impact black America. RIGHTS, RACE, AND RECOGNITION—his most recent book—draws on the legacy of race and the denigration of black humanity to argue that all rights are products of social recognition.

He is also the coeditor with Tommie Shelby of HIP HOP AND PHILOSOPHY: RHYME 2 REASON, which draws on hip hop to introduce students to philosophical problems.

WEBSITE:http://www.DerrickLDarby.com/