[This episode first aired as a live virtual panel on September 27, 2024.]

Since the summer of 2020, rightwing officials and organizations have orchestrated a coordinated campaign to redefine antiracism as the new racism. Early iterations of this campaign presented a caricature of Critical Race Theory to discredit modest antiracist reforms and to limit classroom conversations about racism, bias, and American history writ large. More recently, against the backdrop of politics around Israel and Palestine, many of the same individuals and entities that spearheaded attacks on CRT have turned their sights on “diversity, equity and inclusion” (DEI) as well as various forms of critical and protest speech. Through a conversational dialogue, the panelists will chart historical, rhetorical, political and legal links that bind recent anti-CRT and anti-DEI campaigns. The panelists will also surface how this moment parallels past academic and political conflicts over race and scholarship.

Moderator: Jonathan Feingold, Boston University School of Law

Panelists:

Aslı Ü. Bâli, Professor of Law, Yale Law School
LaToya Baldwin Clark, Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
Aziz Rana, J. Donald Monan, S.J., University Professor of Law and Government, Boston College Law School

From CRT to DEI Panel

Ep. 34 | From CRT to DEI: Tracing the Assault on Multiracial Democracy

A monthly conversation with BU Law Prof. Jonathan Feingold & WNHN host Arnie Arnesen about race and racism from a place of humility, commitment and curiosity.

Special thanks to WNHN and producers Stephanie Collins and Dave Scott.

Ep. 34 | From CRT to DEI: Tracing the Assault on Multiracial Democracy

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