Look, a Negro!: Philosophical Essays on Race, Culture, and Politics

Look, A Negro! gathers together classic essays of political philosopher Robert Gooding-Williams that engage the themes occupying recent discussions of race and racial identity, including: the workings of racial ideology; social constructionist theories of race; the significance of Afrocentrism and multiculturalism for democracy; the place of black identity in America; and the conceptualization of African American politics in post-segregation America. By investigating cultural references ranging from Walt Disney to Fred Astaire to Nietzsche, Gooding-Williams unpacks and confronts the fundamental questions surrounding the issues of race and racism in the United States today. Book jacket.

Robert Gooding-Williams is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Chicago