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Race Liberalism And The Deradicalization Of Racial Reform, Kimberlé W. Crenshaw
Race Liberalism And The Deradicalization Of Racial Reform, Kimberlé W. Crenshaw
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Recent works by neoconservatives and by Critical legal scholars have suggested that civil rights reforms have been an unsuccessful means of achieving racial equality in America. In this Article, Professor Crenshaw considers these critiques and analyzes the continuing role of racism in the subordination of Black Americans. The neoconservative emphasis on formal colorblindness, she argues, fails to recognize the indeterminacy of civil rights laws and the force of lingering racial disparities. The Critical scholars, who emphasize the legitimating role of legal ideology and legal rights rhetoric, are substantially correct, according to Professor Crenshaw, but they fail to appreciate the choices …
Learning From Conflict: Reflections On Teaching About Race And Gender, Susan Sturm, Lani Guinier
Learning From Conflict: Reflections On Teaching About Race And Gender, Susan Sturm, Lani Guinier
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In 1992 had been teaching for four years at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. I taught voting rights and criminal procedure, subjects related to what I had done as a litigator. Preparing for class meant reading many of the same cases I had read preparing for trial. Some were even cases I had tried. Teaching offered me a fresh chance to read those cases with new interest. I could see the subtle linkages between cases that I had not previously noticed. From the distance of the academy, I observed the evolution of the doctrine without feeling overcome by the …
Toward A Race-Conscious Pedagogy In Legal Education, Kimberlé W. Crenshaw
Toward A Race-Conscious Pedagogy In Legal Education, Kimberlé W. Crenshaw
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It is both an honor and a pleasure to write the Foreword for this issue of the National Black Law Journal. This project represents the culmination of a joint effort involving the NBLJ, Dean Susan Westerberg Prager and me. The project grew out of discussions that began in the Spring of 1987 in which we explored various ways that the law school could support the production of publishable student material for the Journal. I initially considered sponsoring interested students in independent research projects; however, a high level of student interest, an obvious overlap between proposed student topics, and my …