Law in Contemporary Society

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Challenging the Normative Baseline: The Illusion of Neutrality
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 As Crenshaw argues, rather than inquiring about the subjective experience of police harassment or the stigma associated with affirmative action, it may be more pertinent to examine how the lack of oversight on police discretion perpetuates mistreatment of racial minorities or to consider how prevailing notions of meritocracy favor traits valued by the dominant group. I believe first-year professors should uproot the normative baseline of legal frameworks and provide opportunities for the inclusion of minority perspectives, shedding light on the racial implications of the law. Dominant perspectives are often shielded by their perceived objectivity, while minority perspectives are unfairly characterized as subjective and biased. This proposed shift would reassess the perceived burdens of minority experiences, recognizing them as potential sources of knowledge that could enrich and inform legal pedagogy.

CRT did not solely emerge from a philosophical critique of prevailing paradigms of racial power; it originated from activists’ engagement with the practical outcomes of liberal reform. CRT examines the law through critical lens motivated by an oppositional stance toward racial power and equity. The goal was to have institutions reexamine and revise their notions of race neutrality. From my experience, law schools should reconsider and adjust their concepts of race neutrality. This approach would create space and context for marginalized groups to voice their perspectives and address sensitive topics that are often avoided.

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