From Columbia Law Professor and Nation columnist Patricia Williams, cross posted from the February 6, 2012 issue of the Nation and Williams’ own blog, Madlawprofessor: “We see what we want to see,” my grandmother used to say. This insight visited me recently after I ran across the mall chasing a woman I thought was […]
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Rutgers students are way ahead of many of the national lgbt leaders in thinking about how to respond to the death of Tyler Clementi – with a call for justice, not vengeance. Read their press release below – Wednesday, October 19, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contacts: Robert T. O’Brien (215) 704-8938, robertob@rci.rutgers.edu; Lauren Irene […]
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From Columbia Law Professor and Nation columnist Patricia Williams, cross posted from the May 10, 2010 issue of the Nation and Williams’ own blog, Madlawprofessor: Last week, Melissa Harris-Lacewell wrote an insightful column, “Black by Choice,” about President Obama’s having checked the box marked “Black, African American or Negro” on his Census form. As she […]
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