The Journal of Speculative Philosophy

Sullivan, Shannon, 1967-
White World-Traveling
The Journal of Speculative Philosophy - Volume 18, Number 4, 2004 (New Series), pp. 300-304

Penn State University Press

Shannon Sullivan - White World-Traveling - The Journal of Speculative Philosophy 18:4 The Journal of Speculative Philosophy 18.4 (2004) 300-304 White World-Traveling Shannon Sullivan Penn State University La solidaridad requiere el reconocer, comprender, respectar y amar lo que nos lleva a llorar en distintas cadencias. El imperialismo cultural desea lo contrario, por eso necesitamos muchas voces. Porque una sola voz nos mata a las dos.... Pero si no aprendo tus modos y tu los mios las conversación es sólo aparente. Y la apariencia se levanta como una barrera sin sentido entre las dos.... Porque entonces ya no dialogamos. El diálogo entre nosotras requiere dos voces y no una. --María C. Lugones (1983, 573) In his captivating essay in this issue of Journal of Speculative Philosophy, on Geneva Smitherman, African American Language, and Black resistance to white domination, George Yancy issues an invitation to white philosophers, and by extension white people in general. "Regarding white philosophers," he claims, "I believe that it is the job of knowledgeable and responsible Black philosophers ... to invite them to enter African American semiotic spaces of discursive difference and overlap" (Yancy 2004, 275). Given the constitutive relationship of word and world, the existence of African American semiotic spaces is crucial to the representation, power, and survival of Black experiences. White people's recognition of the importance of African American...