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Toward Racially Equitable And Accountable Tech, Andrea Giampetro-Meyer, Janae James, Sydney Brooke
Toward Racially Equitable And Accountable Tech, Andrea Giampetro-Meyer, Janae James, Sydney Brooke
Marquette Law Review
This Article examines three distinct areas to consider how we might move
toward racially equitable and accountable tech. The three distinct areas are:
(1) fair housing, (2) surveillance, and (3) social media. Fair housing raises
questions about where today’s racially biased algorithms fit within the context
of historical, racist government housing policy. Surveillance raises questions
about how some tech tools render Black faces invisible, while others render
Black faces dangerously conspicuous. Social media highlights the clash
between civil rights and civil liberties, especially when racial justice conflicts
with freedom of speech. Our analysis leads us to consider the extent to …
Dying Constitutionalism And The Fourteenth Amendment, Ernest A. Young
Dying Constitutionalism And The Fourteenth Amendment, Ernest A. Young
Marquette Law Review
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The Living Constitution And Moral Progress: A Comment On Professor Young's Boden Lecture, David A. Strauss
The Living Constitution And Moral Progress: A Comment On Professor Young's Boden Lecture, David A. Strauss
Marquette Law Review
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Embracing Race-Conscious College Admissions Programs: How Fisher V. University Of Texas At Austin Redefines "Affirmative Action" As A Holistic Approach To Admissions That Ensures Equal, Not Preferential, Treatment, Nancy L. Zisk
Marquette Law Review
In Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, the United States Supreme Court affirmed well-established Supreme Court doctrine that race may be considered when a college or university decides whom to admit and whom to reject, as long as the consideration of race is part of a narrowly tailored holistic consideration of an applicant's many distinguishing features. The Court's latest decision heralds a new way of thinking about holistic race-conscious admissions programs. Rather than considering them as "affirmative action" plans that prefer any one applicant to the disadvantage of another, they should be viewed as the Court has described …