University of Michigan Law School journal dedicated to the exploration of issues relating to race and law
By Luis Gomez, Associate Editor Vol. 20 America’s suburbs are displaying the same cycle of racial segregation and inequality that have afflicted major city centers for decades. This phenomenon is due to the changing racial landscape of America’s suburbs. Logan, a Brown University sociologist, discusses the racial division in his… Read More
By Daniela Tagtachian, Associate Editor Vol. 20 On Thursday, November 20, 2014 Obama announced his plan to allow millions of undocumented immigrants to come out of the shadows and be protected from deportation temporarily. Obama plans on using an executive order to enact this temporary protection. Excerpt from Obama’s Speech:… Read More
By Daniela Tagtachian, Associate Editor Vol. 20 Arnold Abbott, a 90-year-old homeless advocate of Fort Lauderdale, runs a non-profit organization called Love Thy Neighbor in Florida. With this organization, he has been feeding the homeless for more than 20 years. He has battled the city on many occasions in order… Read More
By Luis E. Gomez, Associate Editor Vol. 20 The U.S. Army has removed a policy that sanctioned the use of the word “Negro” to refer to black service members. The Army issued the apology on Thursday, two days after CNN reported the regulation. Before it was corrected, the policy stated… Read More
By Luis E. Gomez, Associate Editor Vol. 20 President Barack Obama named federal prosecutor Loretta Lynch as his pick to be the next attorney general. The 55-year-old Lynch would be the first African-American woman to serve in the post. She is currently the top federal prosecutor in Brooklyn, New York. Read More
By Lauren Tortorella, Associate Editor Vol. 20 As Ferguson, and the world, awaits the grand jury’s decision on whether or not to charge officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon is considering calling up the Nation Guard. Gov. Nixon expects protests after the grand… Read More
By Whitney Robinson, Associate Editor Vol. 20 On Tuesday, a coalition of eleven national civil rights groups sent a letter to President Obama urging him to drop the standardized test-based K-12 “accountability" system. According to these groups, the current standardized test-based “accountability system” for K-12 education is “overly focused on narrow measures of success” and “discourage[s] schools from providing a rich curriculum.” The current system ignores the diverse needs of the increasingly large number of children who are growing up in poverty, and/or in homes where English is not the first language. After the break, read the entire letter, signed by the Advancement Project, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, National Opportunity to Learn (OTL) Campaign, National Urban League (NUL), NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), National Council on Educating Black Children (NCEBC), National Indian Education Association (NIEA) and Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC): Read More
By Whitney Robinson, Associate Editor Vol. 20 On Friday, October 31, lawyers for the five Native American tribes fighting the Washington R*dskins over the team’s name and trademark protections asked a federal judge in Alexandria, VA to dismiss the team’s lawsuit against them. According to the attorneys for the Native… Read More
By: Daniela Tagtachian, Associate Editor Vol. 20 Students have the right to not be discriminated against based on race, color or national origin. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin, in programs and activities that receive federal… Read More
By: Lauren Tortorella, Associate Editor Vol. 20 In November 2012, Michael Dunn shot and killed Jordan Davis, 17. Three other passengers were injured. Dunn shot the teenagers after an argument over loud music. Dunn was convicted of first-degree murder for shooting Davis, and three counts of attempted murder. On October… Read More
