Today – July 2, 2014 – we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction, the Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination of all kinds based on race, color, religion, or national origin. The law also provides the federal government with theContinueContinue reading “50 Years Later, the Civil Rights Act of 1964”
Author Archives: Keith Kamisugi
Meeting with Bakersfield Community on Disproportionate Suspensions and Expulsions of Black and Latino Students
Eva Paterson, Allison Elgart, and Luke Edwards of the Equal Justice Society participated in a community meeting on June 18 in Bakersfield, California, to discuss the disproportionate suspensions and expulsions of Latino and Black students. Photo via Faith in Action.
Chapter by Eva Paterson on Litigating Implicit Bias in New Book, ‘America’s Growing Inequality’
A new book, “America’s Growing Inequality: The Impact of Poverty and Race,” includes a chapter by Eva Paterson on Litigating Implicit Bias. The article outlines the urgent need for our courts to depart from an archaic disposition towards racism, which requires plaintiffs alleging discrimination to prove the intent to discriminate – not just that discriminationContinueContinue reading “Chapter by Eva Paterson on Litigating Implicit Bias in New Book, ‘America’s Growing Inequality’”