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Volume 98 Number 1 of the APA NewslettersThe following appeared in Volume 98, Number 1 (Fall, 1998) of the APA Newsletters
Newsletter on Philosophy and the Black Experience
This issue of NPBE contains two articles on topics that are quite different, but nevertheless seem compatible perhaps owing to their tendency to be direct with respect to the issues they address. The first was written by Professor Sally Scholz, an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Villanova University. Her article is entitled: "Alain Locke and the Language of World Solidarity." Scholz argues that Locke is on the right track in positioning language as the means by which the goal of world solidarity will be ushered in from a world of cultural pluralism. She adds that as he gives decided preference for language as a cultural phenomenon, his ability to acknowledge language as a political phenomenon that must be dealt with equal rigor, is skewed. Professor Thalia Coleman’s article: "To Be Young Gifted and a Black female professor," editorializes the challenge confronting African American female professors in submitting to student evaluations at predominately white institutions. I suspect that many of us will identify with Coleman’s observations and experiences to some extent. Professor Coleman is a Professor of Communication Disorders at Appalachian State University. In this issue as well, Professor Judith Green, Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University, has a comprehensive syllabus for her African American Philosophy course, which includes a brief but lucid introduction of that philosophy.
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