Philosopher George Yancy is currently under attack (receiving racist hate mail and threats of violence) as the author of "Dear White America" published by the New York Times in The Stone Column, 12/24/15.

Here is a link to "Dear White America":

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/12/24/dear-white-america/?_r=0

Here is a link to the Daily Nous where where there is discussion about the abuse he has received and discussion about possible APA responses to internet abuse:

http://dailynous.com/2016/01/15/internet-abuse-of-philosophers/

And here is a link to a petition to support George Yancy created by Anne Leighton:

https://www.change.org/p/american-philosophical-association-support-george-yancy?recruiter=470019506&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=share_email_responsive

 

Sarah