Philosophy and Race

All answers should be in paragraph form with clear citations (the author, title, page number etc). You must cite both primary and secondary readings to answer these questions. If you don’t cite both types of sources in each of your answers, you will not receive full points no matter how good your answer is. These questions ask you to do two things: 1. identify and explain claims made in the required and recommended readings for this class and in the lectures 2. Critically evaluate these claims using your own thinking and reasoning. Questions: #3. How does DuBois want to change how we understand the concept of race and why is it important for us to maintain this concept? Explain your answer in detail. USE BOTH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY READINGS. CITE EACH READING. #5. How does Césaire understand colonialism and its relationship to culture? Do you agree with this view? Explain your answer in detail.. USE BOTH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY READINGS. CITE EACH READING. #6. Fanon traces several different moments in the lived experience of the black man. Choose one of these moments and explain its significance for Fanon’s argument. Do you agree with the argument Fanon is making here? Explain your answer in detail.. USE BOTH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY READINGS. CITE EACH READING. #7. Enrique Dussel argues against Hegel’s view of world history in CH. 6 of The Invention of the Americas. What is Dussel’s argument and what kind of proof does he supply for this argument? Do you agree with his argument here? Explain your answer in detail.. USE BOTH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY READINGS. CITE EACH READING. #12. Davis provides a detailed analysis of the relationship between class, race, and imprisonment. Explain in detail this relationship and how it is connected with Davis’s view of liberation.. USE BOTH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY READINGS. CITE EACH READING.