We The Pupils is a philosophy podcast created by Jules Salomone-Sehr and recorded in the classroom. In every episode, undergrads take the driver’s seat and explore social and racial justice with the tools of contemporary philosophy.

« My name is Jules Salomone-Sehr and I’m a doctoral candidate at the City University of New York (CUNY), the largest public school in the USA. In the courses I have taught at Hunter College, I have invited my students (predominantly minority and first-generation) to engage in conversation with philosophers who’ve done groundbreaking work on social and racial justice. In We The Pupils, you’ll hear the questions my students asked them.

Here are some of the themes we have addressed:

• Do races exist? Discussions about race in the US, census forms, and of course racist discourse all seem to assume that they do. But what does it mean exactly for races to exist? And how do we embody our racial identities? Linda Alcoff (Hunter College & The Graduate Center, CUNY), author of Visible Identities and The Future of Whiteness, helps us answer these difficult questions.

• How does oppression work to silence minorities? Prejudices and structures of domination stereotype, distort and invisibilize the voices of the oppressed. But how exactly does that work? Miranda Fricker (The Graduate Center, CUNY), author of Epistemic Injustice, offers conceptual tools to help us grasp the injustices suffered by those whose voices are ignored and suppressed.

• What are reparations for slavery? What forms might they take? We ask Charles Mills (The Graduate Center, CUNY), author of The Racial Contract, what the point of reparations is and how to enact them.

Recorded between 2017 and 2019, these conversations make sometimes reference to events that were very much on our minds back then. We The Pupils will invite you to reflect, philosophically, on these past few years as one of the most important elections of modern times is now underway in the US.

We The Pupils offers an introductory glance at high-level, contemporary philosophy in the making. In every episode, you’ll learn about powerful theories and concepts that can help us fight against oppressive structures. We The Pupils should be of interest to:

• Students interested in making sense of our disorienting social world;

• Educators interested in new pedagogical approaches and/or in assigning audio material as part of their courses;

• People interested in fixing the injustices of our day.

We The Pupils was made possible by a Public Humanities Fellowship funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and supervised by the Center for the Humanities (The Graduate Center, CUNY). »

Le podcast est disponible ici. Le compte twitter de We The Pupils est @WeThePupils.