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Stanford Law: America’s Public Education System Produced ‘Racial Hierarchy’

“No institution has reproduced racial hierarchy in the U.S. more than our public education system.”

Chrissy Clark
Stanford Law: America’s Public Education System Produced ‘Racial Hierarchy’
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Stanford Law School launched a new research hub focused on making the American public education system “anti-racist.” 

The “Youth Justice Lab” is a three-unit course for law students as well as a policy research center. The Youth Justice Lab’s website designates the American public school system as an institution that “perpetuate[s] anti-Black racism, white supremacy, and discrimination.” 

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