By Ralph Richard Banks & Richard Thompson Ford (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) During the past several years, psychological research on unconscious racial bias has grabbed headlines, as well as the attention of legal scholars. The most well-known test of unconscious bias is the Implicit Association Test (IAT), a sophisticated and methodologically rigorous … [Read more...] about “Does Unconscious Bias Matter?” by Ralph Richard Banks & Richard Thompson Ford (Sept/Oct 2011 P&R Issue)
“Implicit Bias: A Forum” (Sept/Oct 2011 P&R Issue)
(Click here to view the entire P&R issue) The insight that we are all, in different ways, subject to “unconscious” or “implicit” bias is a continuing theme in modern anti-discrimination theory, even though it is still largely ignored in civil rights legal jurisprudence. Tracing back at least to Charles Lawrence’s path-breaking 1987 article “The Id, the Ego, and Equal … [Read more...] about “Implicit Bias: A Forum” (Sept/Oct 2011 P&R Issue)
“Speculators, Not CRA, Behind Foreclosures in Black Neighborhoods” by John I. Gilderbloom & Gregory D. Squires (Sept/Oct 2011 P&R Issue)
By John I. Gilderbloom & Gregory D. Squires (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Foreclosures continue to decimate communities around the nation, with black neighborhoods being the hardest hit. Some pundits and politicians point to federal policies that encouraged homeownership in low- and moderate-income communities, coupled with reckless behavior on the part … [Read more...] about “Speculators, Not CRA, Behind Foreclosures in Black Neighborhoods” by John I. Gilderbloom & Gregory D. Squires (Sept/Oct 2011 P&R Issue)
“Local People as Law Shapers: Lessons from Atlanta’s Civil Rights Movement” by Tomiko Brown-Nagin (May-June 2011 P&R Issue)
By Tomiko Brown-Nagin (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Many of those who profess to want change “don’t care nothing about poor people…If they had poor people at heart, they could make it better.” Ethel Mae Mathews, president of the Atlanta chapter of the National Welfare Rights Organization, made this statement in 2000, after decades of community-based … [Read more...] about “Local People as Law Shapers: Lessons from Atlanta’s Civil Rights Movement” by Tomiko Brown-Nagin (May-June 2011 P&R Issue)
“Mossville, Louisiana: A Community’s Fight for the Human Right to a Healthy Environment” by Michelle Roberts (May-June 2011 P&R issue)
By Michelle Roberts (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Mossville is not located on most U.S. maps. Yet some of America's largest industrial corporations have found this unincorporated African-American community and exploit its natural resources and proximity to the Gulf of Mexico. Near Mossville, homes, churches and playgrounds, there are 14 industrial … [Read more...] about “Mossville, Louisiana: A Community’s Fight for the Human Right to a Healthy Environment” by Michelle Roberts (May-June 2011 P&R issue)
