In this Editorial Feature Review, we reached out to senior race/racism and ethnicity scholars who have theoretically, epistemologically, and empirically contributed in major ways to what we now call the sociology of race and ethnicity. We wanted to pay our respects to these mothers and fathers of the discipline and the gifts that they have given our discipline over their careers. Our review was guided by a set of six key questions that cover their views of the field in the early parts of their careers, their experiences along the way, their views of what is going on now in the discipline, and their advice and suggestions to those currently practicing sociologies of race and ethnicity. We highlight eight major lessons from central scholars who have inspired generations of academics and whose leadership, mentorship, and scholarship, will never be forgotten.

在本社论社论中，我们接触了高级种族/种族主义和种族学者，他们在理论上，认识论和经验上对我们现在所说的种族和种族社会学做出了重大贡献。我们想对这些学科的父亲和母亲以及他们在职业生涯中给予我们学科的礼物表示敬意。我们的审查以一组六个关键问题为指导，这些问题涵盖了他们在职业生涯的早期阶段对该领域的看法，他们在整个过程中的经历，对本学科目前正在发生的事情的看法以及对这些领域的建议和建议。目前正在研究种族和种族社会学的人。我们重点介绍了八位来自中央学者的主要课程，这些课程启发了几代学者，他们的领导才能，指导精神和学术成就，