NICOLLETTE LEVI* 75 U. Mia. L. Rev. Caveat 180 (2020). PDF Version “I’ve never experienced anything in my life where my social media timeline looks like an obituary,” said Tara Liberty Smith from Detroit, Michigan, in April 2020. “You cannot scroll [through social media] . . . [without] knowing someone who has been attacked by the virus or who […]

MICHAEL BAILEY* 75 U. Mia. L. Rev. Caveat 161 (2020). PDF Version The politicization of critical race theory distorts the legitimate legal skill-building capacity produced by one of the legal profession’s most valuable intellectual contributions to social justice.[1] Due, in part, to this politicization, the public and even some legal professionals misunderstand the value of critical […]

JORDAN R. RHODES* 75 U. Mia. L. Rev. Caveat 136 (2020). PDF Version After the killing of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and George Floyd, we witnessed global protests and calls for national racial justice reform. In the aftermath of this response, dozens of companies and institutions published their promises to combat racial inequity and advocate for […]

DAVID BERRIS,* JOSEPH CANDELARIA,** TAMAR EZER,*** LILY FONTENOT**** & JESSICA SANTOS***** 75 U. Mia. L. Rev. Caveat 116 (2020). PDF Version The criminalization of homelessness in the United States perpetuates a cycle of racial injustice and violates fundamental human rights. Longstanding discrimination in housing and law enforcement have resulted in disproportionate homelessness among Black Americans. […]

D. MARVIN JONES* 75 U. Mia. L. Rev. Caveat 97 (2020). PDF Version Before the wide eyes of the mob is ever the Shape of Fear. Back of the writhing, yelling, cruel-eyed demons who break, destroy, maim and lynch and burn at the stake, is a knot, large or small, of normal human beings, and […]