Here’s that Stanford African-American Freedom Struggle course I referred to several times during the episode by Clayborne Carson. iTunes U link. It’s really an excellent course, with maybe 2 and a half lectures on DuBois covering his (long) life, starting with this one: Watch the introductory DuBois lecture on youtube. Carson’s lecture on MLK is great; you can see him Continue Reading …
PREVIEW-Episode 52: Philosophy and Race (DuBois, Martin Luther King, Cornel West)
On W.E.B. DuBois’s “Of Our Spiritual Strivings” (1903), Cornel West’s “A Genealogy of Modern Racism” (1982), and Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” (1963) and “The Black Power Defined” (1967), plus Malcolm X’s “The Black Revolution” (1963). With guest Lawrence Ware.
Episode 52: Philosophy and Race (DuBois, Martin Luther King, Cornel West) (Citizens Only)
On W.E.B. DuBois’s “Of Our Spiritual Strivings” (1903), Cornel West’s “A Genealogy of Modern Racism” (1982), and Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” (1963) and “The Black Power Defined” (1967), plus Malcolm X’s “The Black Revolution” (1963). With guest Lawrence Ware. Learn more.
End song: “Bankrupt” by The MayTricks, from Happy Songs Will Bring You Down (1994)
Topic for #52: Philosophy and Race (DuBois, MLK, Cornel West)
We PELers spent black history month actually reading black history, and on 2/28/12 spoke with Law Ware of Oklahoma State University about philosophy and race. Is there a philosophically viable concept of race at all? What are the potential sources of past and current oppression, and what general strategies seem promising to deal with them? Is “understanding” all one needs Continue Reading …