Thursday, June 18, 2020
PMT: 17 Minute History Lesson
My Dean's brother Phil put together a very worthwhile (and short) history lesson on race in America:
It's striking how few of my students grasp this broader scope of history and how it impacts things like criminal law today. After all, there were 250 years of slavery here, followed by 100 years of Jim Crow, followed by 50 years of pretending things were all better. History matters-- and it also matters what is happening right now.
It's striking how few of my students grasp this broader scope of history and how it impacts things like criminal law today. After all, there were 250 years of slavery here, followed by 100 years of Jim Crow, followed by 50 years of pretending things were all better. History matters-- and it also matters what is happening right now.
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It is a rare day when I get a little Mark Osler (drug policy), Gene Demby (of Code Switch, "housing discrimination in everything"), and Bob the Tomato. But I appreciated the thorough and succinct explanation.
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