minorities
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How Jurisprudence Encouraged Whites to ‘Reverse Pass’ as Black
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Remember Rachel Dolezal? An instructor of Africana Studies at Eastern Washington University and president of the Spokane chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Dolezal hid her racial origin until 2015 when an intrepid reporter unmasked her. A follow-up with her parents revealed the truth:…
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Electoral Representation for Racial Minorities: Victims of Their Own Success?
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Even as decades have passed since the enactment of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, African Americans and Hispanics continue to encounter disproportionately low levels of electoral representation. In search of an appropriate remedy, the U.S. Congress passed amendments to the Voting Rights Act in 1982, hoping to promote proportional…
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Drugs, Racial Bias, and Academic Discord
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Academics disagree on the existence of racial bias in policing drug crimes
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Balancing Equity and Efficiency in the Market for Kidneys
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Dr. Lainie Ross, Associate Director of the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, discusses inequities in the kidney allocation system and provides insights on potential improvements.