“Race” is a highly contested category. What is Race? Four Philosophical Views brings together four leading philosophers of race to advance their theories and engage with each other. The result is a must-read for any philosopher of race and a highly valuable resource for anyone trying to understand this important and complex topic.
The four philosophical views (or is it five?) are as follows: Sally Haslanger defends political constructionism, according to which races are racialized groups (groups believed to be races) that have been placed in a hierarchy; Chike Jeffers defends cultural constructionism, the view that races are racialized groups that we ought to value on cultural grounds; Quayshawn Spencer defends OMB race theory, according to which races are biological groups that roughly match US census “race” categories and populations identified in certain genetic studies; Joshua Glasgow defends (1) basic racial realism, according to which races...