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From Ways of Reading: An Anthology for Readers:

This excerpt from Color Consciousness: The Political Morality of Race, "Race, Cultre, Identity: Misunderstood Connections, is written by a political philosopher and cultural theorist who goes out of his way to engage his readers beginning with "Imagine yourself on Angel Island in the 1920s."At the same time, this is a learned text with references to writers and scholars whom you may not recognize. Using the library and its online resources, write up brief notes on some of the authors and their work(s): who are they and why would they be interesting or important or memorable for Appiah?

DMC Studio

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Biographical Materials

Read about the life and work of Kwame Anthony Appiah or learn more about his work in

Biography in Context

Philosopher's Index

Subject Guides

The Library offers a number of discipline-based Subject Guides to help you locate resources.  Which Guides might assist you?

Some possibilities include:

African American Studies

History

Philosphy