Constitutional Law
Sep. 9, 2014
Implicit bias and the 14th Amendment
We live in a society where "racism without racists" exists, oppressing people of color without the overt discrimination that many in our country think we left behind decades ago. By Eva Paterson
"The U.S. Supreme Court has turned its back on black people."
This was to be my concluding statement at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judicial Conference where I moderated a panel on implicit bias and the courts.
The day before my presentation, I learned that Justice Anthony Kennedy would be in the room. I was about to deliver a harsh critique of the high court directly to one of its members. It turned my pres...
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