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Why Black dignity is the paradigm of all dignity and Black philosophy is the starting point of all philosophy "A bold attempt to determine the conditions of - and the means for achieving - racial justice." - Kirkus Reviews This radical work by one of the leading young scholars of Black thought delineates a new concept of Black dignity, yet one with a long history in Black writing and action. Previously in the West, dignity has been seen in two ways: as something inherent in one's station in life, whether acquired or conferred by birth; or more recently as an essential condition and right common to all of humanity. In what might be called a work of observational philosophy - an effort to describe the philosophy underlying the Black Lives Matter movement - Vincent W.
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Vincent W. Lloyd is associate professor of theology and religious studies at Villanova University.
