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philosophy of race

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Kwame Appiah

Ghanaian-British-American philosopher who has argued against racial essentialism, developed a pluralist cosmopolitanism, and engaged with African philosophy, identity, and honor cultures.

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The Souls of Black Folk

W.E.B. Du Bois's collection of essays — part sociology, part autobiography, part cultural criticism — introducing double consciousness and analyzing the spiritual, political, and cultural life of Black Americans.

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W.E.B. Du Bois

African-American scholar, activist, and co-founder of the NAACP who developed the concept of double consciousness and produced the first systematic sociological studies of Black American life.

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