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Civil Rights and Discrimination

2016

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Stories Of Teaching Race, Gender, And Class: A Narrative, Brenda V. Smith Jan 2016

Stories Of Teaching Race, Gender, And Class: A Narrative, Brenda V. Smith

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This Essay transcribes and discusses Smith's keynote speech at the New England Clinical Conference at Harvard Law School in November, 2015. Smith's speech discusses the intersection between race, gender, and class, highlighting them as sites of vulnerability through a personal storytelling lens. By sharing her individual experiences, Smith hopes to draw attention to insecurities and threats faced by many individuals who refuse to speak out.


Frontlines: Policing At The Lexus Of Race And Mental Health, Camille Nelson Jan 2016

Frontlines: Policing At The Lexus Of Race And Mental Health, Camille Nelson

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he last several years have rendered issues at the intersection of race, mental health, and policing more acute. The frequency and violent, often lethal, nature of these incidents is forcing a national conversation about matters which many people would rather cast aside as volatile, controversial, or as simply irrelevant to conversations about the justice system. It seems that neither civil rights activists engaged in the work of advancing racial equality nor disability rights activists recognize the potent combination of negative racialization and mental illness at this nexus that bring policing practices into sharp focus. As such, the compounding dynamics and …