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Philosophers and folks from a broad range of backgrounds have been writing about race, gender, ethnicity, and the whole human spectrum for a long time now.  We may have a long way to go, but we're not starting from scratch.  The resources for critical reflection listed below are just a few of the many resources available to help us understand what's happening now, how we got here, and what we can do to make our world better for the full human spectrum.

 In Philosophy 

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Latin American and Latinx Philosophy: A Collaborative Introduction book cover

The Philosophies of America Reader cover

The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability cover

 

Cover of book Slurs and Thick Terms

 

Cover of book What is race?

 

Aristotle and the Arabic Tradition
Cover of book Feminist Philosophy of Mind

 

 


 

Cover of book Jewish Philosophy in the Middle Ages

 

 

Cover of book The Racial Contract

Mills, Charles W. 

McClendon, John H.& Ferguson, Stephen C.

Cover of book Ageing without Ageism

Disability Bioethics: Moral Bodies, Moral Difference
Cover of book Objectivity and Diversity

 

 

 

Some Other Great Resources

Given the prevalence of concern about rapid technological change and AI, the list below includes books about the potentially oppressive effects of technology and AI.

Cover of book Explorations in Diversity

A

  • Adams, Maurianne et al (eds.)
  • Alexander, Michelle
  • Anderson, Carol
  • Anderson, Sharon K. & Middleton, Valerie A. (eds.)
  • Anzald煤a, Gloria
  • Aoun, Joseph
Cover of book Voicing Identity

B

  • Benjamin, Ruha
  • Beydoun, Khaled A.
  • Brayne, Sarah
  • Borrows, John and McNeil, Kent (eds.)
  • Broussard, Meredith
  • Brown, Austin Channing
  • Buolamwini, Joy (2023)
Cover of book Intersectionality as Critical Social Theory

C

  • Chang, Emily
  • Chin, Joshua and Liza Lin
  • Chou, Rosalind S. and Feagin, Joe R.
  • Christian, Brian
  • Coates, Ta-Nehisi
  • Collins, Patricia Hill

  • Crawford, Kate (2022)
Cover of book The Disability Studies Reader

D

  • Davis, Lennard J.
  • Deer, Sarah
  • DePoy, Elizabeth and Gilson, Stephen
  • Desmond, Matthew
  • DiAngelo, Robin J.
  • Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne
    • , Nick Martin
Cover of book Automating Inequality

E-F

  • Edin, Kathryn J. and Shaefer, H. Luke
  • Eubanks, Virginia
  • Faber, Liz W.
  • Fisher, Max
  • Freeman, Misty (2023)
  • Freire, Paulo
Cover of book Architecture of Disability

G-J

  • Galeano, Eduardo
  • Gissen, David
  • Goodley, Dan
  • G贸mez, by Laura E.
  • Hicks, Mar
  • Jefferson, Brian (2020)
  • Jeffreys, Sheila
Cover of book Two Faces of Exclusion

K

  • Katz, Jackson
  • Kazi, Naia
  • Kendall, Mikki
  • .
  • Kimmerer, Robin Wall
  • Kurashige, Lon
Hidden in White Sight: How AI Empowers and Deepens Systemic Racism book cover

L

  • Ladau, Emily
  • Ladd, Paddy
  • Lawrence, Calvin D.
  • Lebron, Christopher J.
  • Lee, Shelley Sang-Hee
Cover of book The Origin of Others

M

  • Mann, Charles C.
  • Mason, Sheena Michele (2022)
  • McIlwain, Charlton (2019)
  • Morales, Ed
  • Morris, Monique W.
  • Morrison, Toni
Cover of book Algorithms of Oppression

N

  • Nadal, Kevin L. Pao, Ellen
  • Nario-Redmond, Michelle R.
  • National Center on Disability and Journalism
  • Noble, Safiya Umoja
Cover of book Weapons of Math Destruction

O-P

  • Oluo, Ijeoma (2018)
    • | Talks at Google
  • O'Neil, Cathy
  • On the Media  (audio podcast)
  • Ortiz, Paul
  • Pasquale, Frank (2020)
  • Perez, Caroline Criado

Q-R

  • Quart, Alissa
  • Ramirez, Mark D. and Peterson, David A. M.
  • Res茅ndez, Andr茅s
  • Reyes-Chow, Bruce and Kemp-Pappan, Ryan
  • Robinson, Susan (TED talk)
  • Ross , Luana
Cover of book The Riches of This Land

S-T

  • Saad, Layla
  • Schwartz, James SJ et al (eds)
  • Steeves, Paulette F. C.
  • Takei, George , et al
  • Tankersley, Jim
Cover of book A Terrible Thing to Waste

W-Z

  • Wachter-Boettcher, Sara
  • Wang, Esme Weijun
  • Ward, Jacob (2022)
  • Washington, Harriet A. (2019)
  • Wildcat, Daniel
  • Wong, (ed.) Alice
  • Wu, Tim (2017)
  • Young, Damon
  • Zuboff, Shoshana (2019)
  • (film)

 

Yes, 萝莉社 offers classes and research programs in these areas!  Some of the books above are actually textbooks used in 萝莉社 courses.  If you want to take a deeper dive into these issues or take them on as a vocation, contact us. We'll help.