Rights Gone Wrong: How Law Corrupts the Struggle for Equality

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Richard Thompson Ford, professor of law at Stanford University, presents on his book, Rights Gone Wrong: How Law Corrupts the Struggle for Equality, http://richardtford.law.stanford.edu/books/rights-gone-wrong/ in which he argues that civil rights thinking can distract attention from the real problems by emphasizing dramatic incidents that are not good examples of the larger injustices. In order to live up to the legacy of the civil rights movement, we must both renew our commitment to civil rights, and move beyond them. This presentation was part of the RICSRE Faculty Research Fellows Chautauqua Series and took place on February 6, 2014 at the Hartley Conference Center, Stanford University. At these book salon-style events, faculty fellows discuss and debate their new work with faculty, graduate students, and other campus affiliates. For more information, visit http://ccsre.stanford.edu.

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