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...Appiah, who has spent much of his career withDuBois Professor of the Humanities Henry LouisGates Jr., admits that his view on race mightsound "weird" to nonacademics...
...Appiah acknowledges that many students oncampus may be unfamiliar with his reasoning. "Insome ways, I'm afraid I suppose it is adisadvantage," he said...
...Though Appiah said that he did not closelyfollow race issues on campus last spring, even asa distant observer he could see that "it would bea good idea to have some central place" to discussrace relations issues...
...guess that well-planned meetings are a goodidea," Appiah said. "Just sitting around andspeaking...off the top of your head about how youfeel about things isn't necessarily productive...
...Appiah was born in London and grew up in Ghana.His mother is English, the daughter of a titledcouple. His father, a Ghanian lawyer, was influential in his country's independence movement