This daring and bold philosophical book is the first of its kind to create a textual space where African American and Latin American philosophers voice the complex range of their philosophical and meta-philosophical concerns, approaches, and visions. The

George Yancy is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Duquesne University. His many books include Black Bodies, White Gazes: The Continuing Significance of Race.

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction: Inappropriate Philosophical Subjects?	p. 1
Colonization/Decolonization: Philosophy and Canon Formation
Alien and Alienated	p. 23
Philosophy Raced, Philosophy Erased	p. 45
Attracting Latinos/as to Philosophy: Today's Challenges	p. 71
Philosophical Canons and Philosophical Traditions: The Case of Latin American Philosophy	p. 87
Metaphilosophical Internalism and the Possibility of a Distinctive Latin American Philosophy	p. 103
Racism, the Academy, and the Practice of Philosophy
On the Politics of Professional Philosophy: The Plight of the African American Philosopher	p. 121
Migrant, Migra, Mongrel: The Latin American Dishwasher, Busboy, and Colored/Ethnic/Diversity (Philosophy) Hire	p. 147
Why Are Hispanic Philosophers Marginalized in the American Philosophical Community?	p. 167
Philosophical Playa Hatin': Race, Respect, and the Philosophy Game	p. 181
Gender, Ethnicity, and Race
Toward a Place Where I Can Bring All of Me: Identity Formation and Philosophy	p. 203
Re-reading Plato's Symposium through the Lens of a Black Woman	p. 225
Defending Gender and Ethnic Philosophies	p. 235
Philosophy and the Geopolitics of Knowledge Production
Thinking at the Limits of Philosophy and Doing Philosophy Elsewhere: From Philosophy to Decolonial Thinking	p. 251
Thinking Through the Americas Today: A Philosophical Perspective	p. 271
Philosophy, Language, and Hegemony
The Social Ontology of African American Languaging, the Power of Nommo, and the Dynamics of Resistance and Identity Through Language	p. 295
Language, Power, and Philosophy: Some Comments on the Exclusion of Spanish from the Philosophical Canon	p. 327
Linguistic Hegemony and Linguistic Resistance: English, Spanish, and American Philosophy	p. 341
Contributor Notes	p. 363
Index	p. 369
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