CRT2 S1 Ep4: Critical Race Theory, Columbia Law School and the Legacies of Slavery: The Black Male Initiative

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Document Type

Podcast

Publication Year

2022

Description

This episode examines Columbia Law School’s history and legacy of slavery and the extent to which the remnants of that legacy reverberate throughout our campus today. With a specific lens on the experiences of Black men on campus and in the wider society, we draw parallels between the hyper surveillance and vilification experienced by Frederick Wells on the law school’s campus in 1924 and the experiences of Black male students on and off campus in recent years.

With the assistance of our esteemed panelists, Professor Katherine Franke, Professor Darren Hutchinson, and Professor Athena Mutua, we explore a number of critical race theories in an attempt to grapple with the unique experiences and perspectives of Black men and our responsibilities to the past.

Episode Details

Released: August 8, 2022

Length: 54:20

Featuring:

Photo of Katherine Franke

Katherine Franke is the James L. Dohr Professor of Law at Columbia University and the Director of the Center for Gender & Sexuality Law. She is also on the Executive Committees of Columbia’s Institute for the Study of Sexuality and Gender, and the Center for Palestine Studies. She is among the nation's leading scholars writing on law, sexuality, race, and religion drawing from feminist, queer, and critical race theory.

Photo of Darren Hutchinson

Darren Hutchinson is a Professor of Law and John Lewis Chair for Civil Rights and Social Justice at Emory University School of Law. In the fall of 2022, he was appointed to the role of Director of Community and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer.

Photo of Athena D. Mutua

Athena Mutua is a Professor of Law and Floyd H. & Hilda L. Hurst Faculty Scholar at the University at Buffalo Law School. Her research focuses on areas of critical race and feminist lethal theory.

Production:

Written, edited and produced by Stephanie Abrahams, Paul Riley and Koko Zhang.

Music:

Darkened Treeline by Blue Dot Sessions
Morning Glare by Blue Dot Sessions
Slider by Blue Dot Sessions
Illway by Blue Dot Sessions
Lumber Down by Blue Dot Sessions

References:

Sumi Cho, Post-Intersectionality: The Curious Reception of Intersectionality in Legal Scholarship, 10 DuBois Review 385 (2013).
Darren L. Hutchinson, Identity Crisis: "Intersectionality," "Multidimensionality," and the Development of an Adequate Theory of Subordination, 6 Michigan Journal of Race & Law 285 (2001).
Athena D. Mutua, Multidimensionality is to Masculinities what Intersectionality is to Feminism, 13 Nevada Law Journal 341 (2013)
Athena D. Mutua, The Multidimensional Turn: Revisiting Progressive Black Masculinities, in Multidimensional Masculinities and Law: Feminist Theory Meets Critical Race Theory (2012).

Disciplines

Law and Race | Race and Ethnicity | Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies | Social Justice

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

Center/Program

Studio for Law and Culture

CRT2 S1 Ep4: Critical Race Theory, Columbia Law School and the Legacies of Slavery: The Black Male Initiative


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