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Following the publication of a 2022 special issue in the journal Mobilities, several of the contributing authors and editors gathered virtually on July 26, 2022. Drawing upon the work included w the collection called "Mobilizing Indigeneity and Race Within and Against Settler Colonialism," the participants discuss how they came to the subject of mobilities, how this concept impacts their work, and the ways it intersects with the fields of Ethnic Studies and Indigenous Studies. The special issue editors Carpio, Barraclough, and Barnd interview and facilitate the discussion between authors Vasquez Ruiz, Toomey, Katz, and Fraga. This article includes a reading list of scholarship used for the special issue on race, Indigeneity, and mobilities.

An introduction to the complex relationship between African Americans and the African continent What is an "African American" and how does this identity relate to the African continent? Rising immigration levels, globalization, and the United States' first African American president have all sparked new dialogue around the question. This book provides an introduction to the relationship between African Americans and Africa from the era of slavery to the present, mapping several overlapping diasporas. The diversity of African American identities through relationships with region, ethnicity, slavery, and immigration are all examined to investigate questions fundamental to the study of African American history and culture

"What should be the philosophical basis for African American Studies? In this groundbreaking book, Stephen C. Ferguson addresses a seminal question often ignored. Philosophy and African American Studies explores philosophical issues and problems in their relationship to Black Studies. He shows that philosophy is not a sterile intellectual pursuit, but a critical tool in gaining knowledge about the Black experience.Cultural idealism in various forms has become enormously influential as a framework for Black Studies. Ferguson takes on the task of demonstrating how a Marxist philosophical perspective offers a productive and fruitful way of overcoming the limitations of idealism. Focusing on the hugely popular Afrocentric school of thought, Ferguson's engaging discussion shows that the foundational arguments of cultural idealism are based on a series of analytical and historical misapprehensions. In turn, he argues for the centrality of the Black working class - both men and women - to Black Studies"--

Most African American Studies programs have little or no economic content despite the presence of an economics program at the institution. Proper research and evaluation of the works of current African American economists and intellectuals is needed at the institutions that elect to combine the two. This article introduces several options for developing a synergy, beginning with the study of the saturation of slavery by profit and, in its later years, by race then proceeding to programs that detail state set-aside procurement opportunities specifically for minorities. The article also explores policy implications and the development and disintegration of Black entrepreneurship. The educational and analytical goals of economics and African American Studies require a practical, activist component that has, as its goal, an improvement of the status of African American people.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments (and apologies) -- Series Editor's Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Land and Identity -- Chapter 3 Historical Contact and Conflict -- Chapter 4 Tribal Sovereignty -- Chapter 5 Language -- Chapter 6 Indian Aesthetics: Literature -- Chapter 7 Indian Aesthetics: Art and Expressive Culture -- Chapter 8 The Current Status of Native American Studies -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Index