Tag: Lionel K. McPherson

  • Blackness and Blood: Interpreting African American Identity Philosophy & Public Affairs Volume 32, Issue 2 (April 2004) pages 171-192 DOI: 10.1111/j.1088-4963.2004.00010.x Lionel K. McPherson, Associate Professor of Philosophy Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts Tommie Shelby, Caldwell Titcomb Professor of African and African American Studies and of Philosophy Harvard University In his Tanner Lectures, “The State and…

  • Blackness, Hypodescent, and Essentialism: Commentary on McPherson and Shelby’s “Blackness and Blood” Symposia on Gender, Race and Philosophy Volume 1, Number 1, May 2005 Gregory Velazco y Trianosky, Professor of Philosopy California State University, Northridge In their fascinating and thoughtful paper, McPherson and Shelby seek to defend everyday African American understandings of their own identity…