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"Race, law and culture." Law professors blog on racially significant legal, political and sociological developments of the past and present, and spotlight black media figures.

Author: The African-American law professors regularly contributing to this blawg include Emma Coleman Jordan of Georgetown University; Jody Armour of the University of Southern California; Christopher Bracey of Washington University; Sherrilyn Ifill of the University of Maryland; Paul Butler and Spencer A. Overton of George Washington University; Adrien Katherine Wing and Angela Onwuachi-Willig of the University of Iowa; Richard Delgado of the University of Pittsburgh; Terry Smith of Fordham University; and Shavar D. Jeffries of Seton Hall University. Marc Lamont Hill is an assistant professor of Urban Education and American Studies at Temple University.

Recent Posts from BlackProf

Back To Basics: Restoring the Human Connection in Mortgage Lending
Wall Street financial wizards have conducted their businesses as though the complex financial products that generated billion-dollar compensation packages also created a protective moat beyond public accountability.In the interdependent world of global finance that is…
What You What You Know 'Bout Me?
What does a law professor look like? I have often asked this question of myself, especially when confronted with professed disbelief that I could be a legal academic. “But you don’t look like a…
Watson is suspended, then retires from Cold Spring Harbor
After an intense week of public reproval for making racist remarks. 1962 Nobel Prize winner, James D. Watson was suspended from his position as Chancellor and board member of the prestigious Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory…
Technical Problems at BlackProf
Dear BlackProf Community:As many of you are aware, the site has been suffering a handful of technical problems in the past few weeks. BlackProf remains committed to providing quality community space for public discourse on…
Watch the Great Wealth Transfer: Foreclosure Auctions
Today's NYT contains a story about the bargains that opportunity-seeking small investors are finding at the auction of foreclosed homes. For those of us who specialize in the banking and commercial transactions field, the…
Fall Readers
For those of you interested in learning more about Critical Race Theory, there is a new anthology out. The Law Unbound: A Richard Delgado Reader was edited by Jean Stefancic and yours truly from Paradigm…
Barack Obama on Tavis Smiley
A worthwhile interview. Disclosure--I am an Obama supporter....
Men Step Up, Government Steps Off?
On Sunday, thousands of men will gather at Temple University’s Liacouras Center as part of the new “10,000 Men” initiative. The program, offered in response to Philadelphia’s rising homicide rate, will train a predominately…
Scientific Racism Redux: James Watson Nobel Prize Winner
Dr. James Watson, who received the Nobel Prize, in 1962, for being the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, has become embroiled in a nasty racial controversy because of remarks he made. The British…
Go To 10 Questions for Presidential Candidates
Blackprof is a Sponsor of the 10Questions Presidential Forum, and we urge you to visit the site and post your own video questions for the presidential candidates. During the first round (October 17 to November 14),…