Columbia Race Talks/Critical Race Theory (CRT2) Columbia Race Talks: Critical Race Theory (CRT2) is a project of the Studio for Law and Culture at Columbia Law School. Produced by students in the Critical Race Theory Seminar Workshop, CRT2 uses critical race theory as a lens to look at charged issues, contested histories, and contemporary debates about law, culture, and the politics of race.
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CRT2 S2 Ep1: Gun/Control: The Criminalization of Black Gun Ownership in America
Harry Reis, Elias Passas, Drew Brazer, Christopher Sina Faroghi, Carol Anderson, Jelani Cobb, Jarrell Daniels, Meghna Philips, and Alice Ristroph 2022
With tens of thousands of Americans dying every year from gun-related violence, firearm regulation is at the center of American political debate. Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court weighed in on this conversation by... (Read more)
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CRT2 S2 Ep2: Prisoner Re-entry: Theatre and Ritual
Alexander Anderson, Kevin Bott, Hasson Harris Sr., Ted Oppenheim, Suzy Petcheam, and Josie Whittlesey 2022
“The word theater comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place. It is the place people come to see the truth about life and the social situation. The theater is a spiritual... (Read more)
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CRT2 S2 Ep3: Juvenile (In)Justice: The School to Prison Pipeline’s Exploitation of Black and Brown Youth
Kiana Phillips, Preston Fregia, Meanna Gray, Jarrell E. Daniels, Henry Danner, Jenay Nurse, and Natalie Peeples 2022
Join us on this episode of CRT2 as we investigate the disproportionate harm the juvenile criminal system has on Black children. When we say juvenile criminal system, we are referring to a system... (Read more)
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CRT2 S2 Ep5: War on Drugs – Marijuana Commerce
Alex Anderson, Mika’il DeVeaux, and Eli Northrup 2022
After decades of targeted state violence on black communities in the name of drugs through arrests and incarceration, the states are now in the process of legalizing marijuana. In order to make the... (Read more)
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CRT2 S2 Ep7: White Collar Crime: Racial Disparity and Restitution
Alyssa Curcio, Alex Mendoza, Imani Thornton, and Tanya Pierce 2022
White collar crimes and the federal prison sentences that often accompany them have become mythologized and white-washed in American society. The “country club” myth of federal prisons has proliferated in the wake of... (Read more)