We will reach the racial Promised Land when blackness is no longer a uniform that, holding other variables steady, signals that its wearer bears a notably higher risk than whites of premature death, impoverishment, unemployment, incarceration, victimization by criminality, homelessness, police harassment, and similar afflictions.Today, one can go into a hospital, visit the ward for newborns, and make accurate estimates about the babies’ varying life trajectories on the basis of their racial identities (Randall Kennedy). Join Professor Kennedy and me (and a host of other amazing teachers and speakers) as we explore Racial Inequality in America: Judaism, Human Equality, and the Quest for Justice this Sunday, January 11. Details below. mechonhadar.org/events/avi-schaefer-symposium
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 14:07:18 +0000