Is There a Better Way to Advance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)?
In this episode, Eboo Patel discusses the pros and cons of different paradigms of diversity and social change with the prominent social philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah. What are the relative merits of Appiah’s cosmopolitanism vs Ibram X Kendi’s antiracism. Should minorities focus on loudly demanding change and respect from dominant groups, or highlighting commonalities? Appiah draws on everything from European philosophy to stories from his childhood in Ghana in this wide-ranging conversation on pressing contemporary issues.
Voices of Interfaith America · Katherine O'Brien, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Warwick Sabin, Keisha TK Dutes, Teri Simon, Silma Suba, Manny Faces, Eboo Patel, Johanna Zorn
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Show Notes
In Season 2, the Interfaith America with Eboo Patel podcast explores how we engage religious diversity in different sectors of our nation, from Hollywood to politics, journalism to academia. Featuring prominent public figures including Rainn Wilson, Jonathan Eig, and Danielle Allen, Eboo Patel engages in meaningful conversations to understand how our nation’s constantly evolving religious diversity shapes our democracy.
Kwame Anthony Appiah is a British-born American philosopher, writer, and scholar of African and African American studies, best known for his contributions to political philosophy, moral psychology, and the philosophy of culture.
Appiah tackles life’s dilemmas in The Ethicist column in the New York Times magazine. In his recent book The Lies that Bind, Appiah helps us rethink the way we understand group identity. His earlier book Cosmopolitanism defined a diversity paradigm and was widely influential in the Obama era.
Appiah is the son of Joseph Appiah, a Ghanaian-born barrister, and Peggy Cripps, daughter of the British states-person Sir Stafford Cripps. He attended Bryanston School and later Clare College, Cambridge, where he earned a Ph.D. in philosophy in 1982. He taught philosophy, African studies, and African American studies at Yale University (1981–86), Cornell University (1986–89), Duke University (1990–91), and Harvard University (1999–2002). In 2002 he joined the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University, where he stayed until moving to New York University in 2014.
You can learn more about Appiah on his website.
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Guest Bio:
Kwame Anthony Appiah is a British-born American philosopher, novelist, and scholar of African and African American studies, best known for his contributions to political philosophy, moral psychology, and the philosophy of culture.
Appiah tackles life’s dilemmas in The Ethicist column in the New York Times magazine. And in his book The Ties that Bind, he illustrates how identities are defined by conflict, while Cosmopolitanism is a proclamation that every single one of us matters and that we are responsible for our collective wellbeing no matter the differences.
Appiah is the son of Joseph Appiah, a Ghanaian-born barrister, and Peggy Cripps, daughter of the British statesperson Sir Stafford Cripps. He attended Bryanston School and later Clare College, Cambridge, where he earned a Ph.D. in philosophy in 1982. He taught philosophy, African studies, and African American studies at Yale University (1981–86), Cornell University (1986–89), Duke University (1990–91), and Harvard University (1999–2002). In 2002 he joined the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University, where he stayed until moving to New York University in 2014.
You can learn more about Appiah on his website.
Visit Interfaith America to learn more about the organization and our podcast.
Follow us on Twitter and Instagram to stay up to date with new episodes, interfaith stories, and our programs.