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Angela Harris Examines Interplay of Race and Gender in Criminal Law

University of Buffalo Reporter, January 7, 2010 by UB Law Forum
http://www.buffalo.edu/ubreporter/2010_01_07/profile

“Criminal law is so much about race, class, gender and sexuality,” she says. “Who gets punished, what do we make criminal, where is the line between things that the community might consider just immoral and what the community might want to make illegal? It’s a great course to teach because everyone comes into it with some sort of opinion.”

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Angela Harris Says Racial Stereotypes Persist

Diverse Issues in Higher Education, February 5, 2009 by Lydia Lum
http://www.diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/printer_12238.shtml

“We still carry those in our heads,” says Angela Harris, a University of California, Berkeley, law professor, referring to stereotypes. “Asian men are seen as smart with no social skills. Black men are seen as violent criminals. And people act and respond, based on those stereotypes.”

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Angela Harris Examines Interplay of Race and Gender in Criminal Law

University of Buffalo Reporter, January 7, 2010 by UB Law Forum
http://www.buffalo.edu/ubreporter/2010_01_07/profile

“Criminal law is so much about race, class, gender and sexuality,” she says. “Who gets punished, what do we make criminal, where is the line between things that the community might consider just immoral and what the community might want to make illegal? It’s a great course to teach because everyone comes into it with some sort of opinion.”


Angela Harris Says Racial Stereotypes Persist

Diverse Issues in Higher Education, February 5, 2009 by Lydia Lum
http://www.diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/printer_12238.shtml

“We still carry those in our heads,” says Angela Harris, a University of California, Berkeley, law professor, referring to stereotypes. “Asian men are seen as smart with no social skills. Black men are seen as violent criminals. And people act and respond, based on those stereotypes.”



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