From Harvard Gazette: According to Yale Professor John Dovidio, “Whites spend a lot of time pretending they don’t see race.” But, he said, unconscious bias is pervasive, and unconscious biases by whites impact nearly every aspect of black lives, including
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From Harvard Law Record, a collection of recent editorials and essays about race and racism: Class of 1994’s Ronald Sullivan and Stephanie Robinson – The Fierce Urgency of Now 3L Mawuse Vormawor – Drowning out black voices LLM Lindiwe Sibande
Two fabulous articles by HLS students, both written in response to Randall Kennedy’s op-ed. First a piece by Bianca Tylek in the Huffington Post (who also wrote this article in the Boston Globe in response to the taping). She writes about connection
“The reality, of course, is that few institutions — and certainly not Harvard — move toward more racial inclusiveness without pressure sufficient to awaken a tardy recognition that a modicum of diversity can be a valuable addition to a school’s
By SJP Friend Annaleigh Curtis: One of the best things about law school is that it brings together people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Something that makes me somewhat unique among my peers is that I spent five years before
In the spirit of fostering a community-wide conversation, we wanted to respond to Randall Kennedy’s provocative op-ed. Although Randy is unperturbed by the black tape recently placed over his photograph, he is quite concerned about something else: the potentially destructive effects
Derecka Purnell was on MSNBC to discuss Royall Must Fall. Watch the video here.
The Systemic Justice Project will host its second annual Systemic Justice Conference at Harvard Law School on Friday, April 8 – 10, 2016. More details to follow.
Matt Pawa will be speaking tomorrow (Wednesday) about the creative use of tort law to sue corporations for global warming. It should be a great presentation on both how to use litigation creatively to tackle systemic problems, and how to think
The Criminal Justice Program of Study is hosting what looks like an incredible conference called New Ledes: The Media & Criminal Justice Reform this Thursday and Friday at HLS. Event website here and program here: Thursday, November 19, 2015 Panel 1 – Defining