This is part 3b of our four part series, “Racial Ontology: A Guide for the Perplexed." In this Wireless Philosophy video, David Miguel Gray (Colgate University) introduces sociohistorical theories of race. Gray introduces socially constructed categories and what it means to think about categories in this way. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1vz5fK9 More on David Miguel Gray: http://bit.ly/1REcPbr ---- ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: There has been, over the decades, lively debate about just how to understand Du Bois’ theory of race. For a couple of different recent takes, you can look at: - Paul Taylor. Bare Ontology and Social Death. Philosophical Papers. Volume 42, Issue 3, 2013. - David Miguel Gray. Racial Norms: A Reinterpretation of Du Bois’ “The Conservation of Races”. The Southern Journal of Philosophy. Volume 51, Issue 4, 2013. - Chike Jeffers. The Cultural Theory of Race: Yet Another Look at Du Bois’s “The Conservation of Races”. Ethics. Volume 123, Issue 3, 2013. W.E.B. Du Bois’ work on race theory has shaped and informed several socio-historical theories of race. For some good examples of different kinds of work being done from this approach, one could look at the following book length treatments: - Lucious Outlaw - On Race and Philosophy, - Linda Alcoff - Visible Identities: Race Gender and the Self - Charles Mills - Blackness Visible: Essays on Philosophy of Race ---- Wi-Phi @ YouTube: http://bit.ly/1PX0hLu Wi-Phi @ Khan Academy: http://bit.ly/1nQJcF7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/wirelessphi Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1XC2tx3 Instagram: @wiphiofficial ---- Help us caption & translate this video! http://amara.org/v/TCcM/