Ready, Aim, Fire? District of Columbia v. Heller and Communities of Color

Posted on Oct 29, 2010

By Michael B. de Leeuw, Dale E. Ho, Jennifer K. Kim, and Daniel S. Kotler The Supreme Court’s recent decision in District of Columbia v. Heller held that...

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Sex, Drugs, and . . . Race-to-Castrate: A Black Box Warning of Chemical Castration’s Potential Racial Side Effects

Posted on Oct 29, 2010

By Marques P. Richeson The social oppression and castration of black men is rooted in race and gender. Intersectional theories that explicitly or implicitly suggest that...

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Science Fictions and Racial Fables: Navigating the Final Frontier of Genetic Interpretation

Posted on Oct 29, 2010

By Christian B. Sundquist The meaning of “race” has been vigorously contested throughout history. Early theories of race assigned social, intellectual, moral and physical...

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Beyond Colorblindness: Neo-Racialism and the Future of Race and Law Scholarship

Posted on Oct 29, 2010

By Ralph Richard Banks Anniversaries are a time to reflect, to reexamine the present and look toward the future by taking account of the past. The 25th anniversary of the...

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From Dred Scott to Barack Obama: The Ebb and Flow of Race Jurisprudence

Posted on Oct 29, 2010

By Charles J. Ogletree, Jr The Harvard Law School Blackletter Law Journal, affectionately known as BLJ, celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. The BLJ has much to...

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Editor’s Welcome to Volume 25

Posted on Oct 29, 2010

Hello, and welcome to volume 25 of the Harvard BlackLetter Law Journal. Our anniversary edition comes on the heels of the election of the first black President of the United...

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