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Racial Disparities in the Legalized Marijuana Industry
Image of a white man piled with money bags and marijuana leaves next to a Black man with empty hands labeled “felon”[1] These days, it’s hard to overlook the explosion of cannabis retail stores on every corner, or the numerous cannabis billboards scattered along highways near the boarders…BLOG 3: Surveillance, Dark Sousveillance, & the Law
By: Rihan Issa, Executive Articles Editor, Vol. 27 Part 1 of the series discussed the argument in Simone Browne’s book, Dark Matters. She highlighted the importance of racializing surveillance as an important conceptual understanding of the way surveillance has been used to order society along racial lines. She argues that…
The Discriminatory Effect of U.S. Intellectual Property Law on Black Artists
By: Shelly Feldman, Associate Editor, Vol. 27 In many areas of the law, facially neutral legal doctrines do not affect groups equally in practice.[i] This is well known and documented in America’s criminal justice system, which has historically oppressed racial minorities in disproportionate numbers.[ii] Though less…Reappropriation and USPTO[i]
By: Kathy Jara, Associate Editor, Vol. 27 Linguistic reclamation[ii] of racist slurs has been described as “the process of taking possession of a derogatory label – usually introduced by a dominant group – by stigmatized group members.”[iii] Scholars believe this practice can empower marginalized groups because…
Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Historic Supreme Court Nomination
By: Madelyn Hughes, Associate Editor, Vol. 27 On February 25, 2022, President Biden made history when he nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court to replace the retiring liberal Justice Stephen Breyer.[i] She is the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court and, if confirmed,…BLOG 2: Runaway Slave Advertisements & Counting Violent Extremism
By: Rihan Issa, Executive Articles Editor, Vol. 27 In part one of the blog series, I presented an overview of Simone Browne’s argument in Dark Matters. She argues that one cannot understand the history of surveillance without examining its racial past. She presents a few examples of the racial roots…
Social Maladjustment: Misidentification Prevents Black Students from Receiving Special Education Services
By: Alexis Franks, Associate Editor Vol. 27 The IDEA and the Emotional Disturbance Category The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), first enacted in 1975, provides federal funding for special education services for children with disabilities.[i] The goal of the legislation is that all handicapped children, who were…
Under the Threshold: Gaps in State Employment Discrimination Laws
(Image of farmworkers with farm equipment in a field) By: Elisa Teeter, Associate Editor, Vol. 27 The purpose of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is to “improve the economic and social conditions of minorities and women by providing equality of opportunity in the work place.”…
International Tax Law and the Legacy of Colonialism
By: Madelyn Hughes, Associate Editor, Vol. 27 During the 1884 Berlin Conference, European powers including Britain, France, Spain, and Belgium met to carve up the African continent to create colonies in what was known as the “Scramble for Africa.”[i] For decades after this conference, African countries were stripped…BLOG 1: Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness & Countering Violent Extremism
By: Rihan Issa, Executive Articles Editor, Vol. 27 Government surveillance is inevitable in our current reality. So present, it seems it is a fact of life rather than a direct invasion into the lives of marginalized communities. Government surveillance obstructs marginalized communities’ growth and transformation into healthy, safe, and vibrant…