Tuesday, November 13, 2007
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John H. McWhorter
Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and weekly columnist for the New York Sun
For
Terence J. Pell
President of The Center for Individual Rights (CIR)
For
Joseph C. Phillips
Actor, Social Commentator and Syndicated Columnist
Against
Khin Mai Aung
Staff Attorney at the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Against
Kimberlé W. Crenshaw
Professor of Law at UCLA and at Columbia Law School
Against
Tim Wise
Writer and Educator
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John H. McWhorter
Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and weekly columnist for the New York Sun
John's academic specialty is language change and language contact. He is the author of 11 books, including Losing the Race, an anthology of race writings, and Winning the Race: Beyond the Crisis in Black America. He has written for many publications including the New Republic, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and the New York Times.
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Terence J. Pell
President of The Center for Individual Rights (CIR)
Prior to joining CIR in 1997, Pell worked as an attorney with the firm of Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn. From 1985 to 1988, he was a deputy assistant secretary for civil rights in the U.S. Department of Education. He later served as general counsel and chief of staff at the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
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Joseph C. Phillips
Actor, Social Commentator and Syndicated Columnist
Joseph has written articles for many newspapers and magazines, and his syndicated column appears in papers across the country and online. He was a 2005 Lincoln Fellow through the Claremont Institute and is the author of He Talk Like A White Boy (2006). Phillips is probably best known for his roles on NBC's The Cosby Show and ABC’s General Hospital.
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Khin Mai Aung
Staff Attorney at the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Aung works on educational equity and youth rights issues, including access to bilingual education and affirmative action. In fall 2006, she worked with some 15 Asian American education and youth advocacy groups to file an amicus brief in two cases before the United States Supreme Court concerning voluntary desegregation plans in Seattle, WA and Louisville, KY.
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Kimberlé W. Crenshaw
Professor of Law at UCLA and at Columbia Law School
Writing in the areas of civil rights, black feminist legal theory, and race, racism and the law, Kimberlé's articles have appeared in the Harvard Law Review, National Black Law Journal, Stanford Law Review and Southern California Law Review. She is the founding coordinator of the Critical Race Theory Workshop, and the co-editor of a volume, Critical Race Theory: Key Documents That Shaped the Movement.
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Tim Wise
Writer and Educator
Tim has trained teachers as well as corporate, government, media and law enforcement officials on methods of dismantling institutional racism and has served as a consultant to plaintiffs' attorneys in federal discrimination cases. He has contributed essays to 15 books and is the author of White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son and Affirmative Action: Racial Preference in Black and White.
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Research For The Motion:
- Articles & Publications: Phillips, Joseph C.
- Articles & Publications: Pell, Terence J.
- Articles & Publications: McWhorter, John H.
Research Against The Motion:
- Articles & Publications: Wise, Tim
- Articles & Publications: Crenshaw, Kimberlé W.
- Articles & Publications: Aung, Khin Mai
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