"THE PHILOSOPHY AND HISTORY OF
RACE IN AMERICA"

2004 Spring Conference

Saturday, April 24

Program

9:30 - 10:30 Coffee and Bagels

10:30 - 12:30 Morning Session

Lucius Outlaw (Philosophy, Vanderbilt University)

“US American Democracy and the Challenges of Racial and Ethnic Diversity: Through the Eyes of Alexis de Tocqueville.”

Respondent: Shannon Sullivan (Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University)

Moderator: Benjamin Tallent (Philosophy, SCCC)

12:30 - 2:00 Lunch (Montauk Point Room, Babylon Student Center)

2:00 - 4:00 Afternoon Session

Eduardo Mendieta (Philosophy, Women’s Studies, Stony Brook University)

“Pyrrhic Victory: Racial Justice not Aesthetic Diversity”

Respondent: Angela Cotten (Philosophy, SCCC)

Moderator: Otelemate Harry (Fulbright Scholar in Residence, SCCC)

4:00 – 5:00 Afternoon Tea (Maurice Flecker Memorial Gallery, Southampton Building)

All activities located in the Mildred Green Lounge, Babylon Student Center (unless otherwise noted)

Department of Philosophy
Suffolk County Community College