George Yancy is the author, editor, and co-editor of over 20 books, including Backlash: What Happens When We Talk Honestly About Racism in America. He is known for his influential essays and interviews in the New York Times' philosophy column, The Stone. Yancy lives in Atlanta, Georgia, where he is professor of philosophy at Emory University.

Bill Bywater is emeritus professor of philosophy at Allegheny College. He has published in aesthetics and media studies including a book on the English art critic Clive Bell. His most recent work on social justice, education and democracy can be found in edited volumes by Solymosi and Schook, by Hanes and Weisman, by Yancy, and by Ducey, Headley, and Feagin as well as an interview with Noelle McAfee in the Kettering Review. He is a pragmatist in the tradition of John Dewey.

J. Kameron Carter is professor of religious studies, English, and African American studies at Indiana University Bloomington. He is co-director of Indiana University's Center for Religion and the Human. He is author of Race: A Theological Account, The Anarchy of Black Religion: A Mystic Song, and The Religion of Whiteness: An Apocalyptic Lyric.