A few weeks ago I presented at the first annual Philosopher’s Cocoon philosophy conference at the University of Tampa. Philosopher’s Cocoon is a community that seeks to help, assist, and support young career philosophers. I had the opportunity to meet some interesting people. It was fun and intimate and I was able to receive some […]
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In my intro philosophy course our theme has been “Justice” this semester. My students just finished Nancy Hirschmann’s “Subject of Liberty” where she argues how the negative and positive liberty of women are restricted and infringed upon in cases of rape, domestic violence, and welfare. It has been an enlightening experience for me as a
This past weekend, Riverside church celebrated 40 years of fighting for and with prisoners and those formerly incarcerated. I took a few of my students to their Friday event where actor Hill Harper (who has a new book called “Letters to an Incarcerated Brother”) and Rapper, Prodigy spoke. You can check out a video stream
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I have a new article up on HuffPost called “Why Women are Not Taken Seriously In Sports Conversations”. To answer the question, I rely on Miranda Fricker’s concept of “epistemic injustice” and also offer up some solutions to end this type of bias treatment. You can view the full article here. Thanks to FeministPhilosophers.com for
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This past weekend, I attended two criminal justice conferences. One was at York college, sponsored by the Black Male Initiative. There I attended my good brother, Paul Butler’s brilliant lecture on “A hip-hop theory of justice” as well as a session on reentry. The next day I attended the “Challenging Punishment” conference at Columbia University
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HuffPost Live has a Fusion Forum, where guests comment on this week’s news affecting minorities. Today I was on the panel and talked about NYC election, Alabama sorority exclusion, and Julia Chen asian eye plastic surgery.
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Check out my new article at HuffPost, “10 Thoughts on Tyler Perry and Bishop Jakes, Evangelicals, and Money”. Below is an excerpt. 8. If a church is the best looking and biggest site in an urban neighborhood I find that problematic. While for some it may suggest that we have put God first or it
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Philosopher and author Roman Krznaric explains how we can help drive social change by stepping outside ourselves. It is a wonderful talk on the power of empathy.
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Here in another animated speech, Dan Ariely, one of the world’s leading voices on human motivation and behaviour, talks about cheating. This is a great talk and it may change the way you think about cheating and dishonesty.
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