Lecture with Derrick Darby

Dr. Derrick Darby will give a lecture as a philosphy guest speaker on his new book A Realistic Blacktopia: Why We Must Unite to Fight. Darby is a Henry Rutgers professor of philosophy. He holds a B. A. from Colgate and a Ph.D. from Pittsburgh. He is the founding director of the Rutgers Social Justice Solutions Research Collaboratory and also directs its renowned Summer Institute for Diversity in Philosophy founded by Howard McGary, Jr.

Abstract: After discussing the motivations for his new book, the inspiration found in the black radical political tradition, and after summarizing the main argument, Professor Derrick Darby will explain why he's doubtful about the prospect of securing black reparations – as currently imagined – in the United States, and why such doubt is not as troubling as one might think.

This event is presented and co-sponsored by The Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics, the Department of African & African American Studies, and the Department of Philosphy.