Pragmatism and the Problem of RaceHow should pragmatists respond to and contribute to the resolution of one of America's greatest and most enduring problems? Given that the most important thinkers of the pragmatist movement Charles S. Peirce, William James, John Dewey, and George Herbert Mead said little about the problem of race, how does their distinctly American way of thinking confront the hardship and brutality that characterizes the experience of many African Americans in this