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CRT2
by Columbia University Libraries
Columbia Race Talks: Critical Race Theory (CRT2) is a project of the Studio for Law and Culture at Columbia Law School. Produced by students in the Critical Race Theory Seminar Workshop, CRT2 uses critical race theory as a lens to look at charged issues, contested histories and contemporary debates about law, culture and the politics of race. See more information at https://crt2.podcasts.library.columbia.edu
Episodes
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Season 4, Episode 4: Echoes of Freedom: Artivism, Censorship and the Civil Rights Movement
The civil rights era was not only a period of political revolution but of profound cultural revolution. Led by Black artists radicalized by the political and social realities of the time – the segregation, disenfranchisement and racial violence that was Jim Crow – the cultural revolution both...
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Season 4, Episode 3: Sixty Years of the Civil Rights Act : Built by a Movement
Following one of the largest mass public demonstrations in U.S. history, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, ending legalized segregation and marking a significant step toward racial equality. While the movement triumphed, its leaders were keenly aware of its imperfections and the challenges...
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Season 4, Episode 2: 60 years of the Voting Rights Act: Race, Citizenship and Redemption
With the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, great change was promised. 60 years on, that promise remains an empty one for millions of americans. While Voting rights and the integrity of American elections have been a constant and exhausting part of the national dialogue in recent years…
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Season 4, Episode 1: Echoes of History in the Future of Immigration: Revisiting the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
This episode reflects on the 60th anniversary of pivotal Civil Rights Acts, including the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, which reshaped America's racial and immigration landscape. We examine the profound intersection of race, immigration, and the American legal system, exploring how…
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Season 3, Episode 4: The Right to Literacy
In 2016, students at five schools in Detroit sued the state government for failing to provide them with even the most basic public education. Their teachers were overworked, their school buildings were falling apart, and students frequently lacked the resources to achieve reading and writing...
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Season 3, Episode 3: Digital Literacy: Unveiling the Roots of Surveillance Capitalism
In this episode, we navigate the complex landscape of digital literacy and the systematic surveillance of people of color. We unravel the layers of bias ingrained in our technological systems. Focusing on the #NoTechForICE campaign as a poignant example, we engage with a panel of experts who…
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Season 3, Episode 2: Eminent Domain: Discriminatory Land Takings and the Fight for Reparations
“It takes people knowing about what happened and galvanizing communities and bringing people together to fight for policy change that would allow for land to be returned.” – Kavon Ward This episode of CRT2 takes a look at eminent domain under the Fifth Amendment “Takings Clause,” and the way it…
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Season 3, Episode 1: Racial Literacy and Disability: The Dyslexia to Prison Pipeline
What does a society which celebrates, rather than one that alienates, incarcerates and pathologizes disability look like? How do we break free from the chains of ableism and racism, and centre our politics around the idea that all bodies are special, and all bodies have their own specific needs...
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Season 2, Episode 7: White Collar Crime: Racial Disparity and Restitution
White collar crimes and the federal prison sentences that often accompany them have become mythologized and white-washed in American society. The “country club” myth of federal prisons has proliferated in the wake of prominent financial scandals like those of Bernie Madoff and Martha Stewart. But...
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Season 2, Episode 5: War on Drugs – Marijuana Commerce
In this episode of CRT2, we discuss state attempts to regulate marijuana commerce while taking account of equity considerations. On March 31, 2021 the consumption of marijuana in New York State was formally legalized through the passage of the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA). Bill De...
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Season 2, Episode 3: Juvenile (In)justice: the school to prison pipeline’s exploitation of Black and Brown youth
This podcast features a critical discussion of the treatment of youth in juvenile facilities and the structural racism in the education system that aids such treatment.
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Season 2, Episode 2: Prisoner Re-entry: Theatre and Ritual
“The word theater comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place. It is the place people come to see the truth about life and the social situation. The theater is a spiritual and social X-ray of its time. The theater was created to tell people the truth about life and the social situation.” –…
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Season 2, Episode 1: Gun/Control: The Criminalization of Black Gun Ownership in America
With tens of thousands of Americans dying every year from gun-related violence, firearm regulation is at the center of American political debate. Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court weighed in on this conversation by expanding an individual's right to bear arms under the Second Amendment in New York...
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Season 1, Episode 8: Intersectionality and Violence Against Women
This episode of CRT2 spotlights the struggles and fights of marginalized women of color against the backdrop of political and social movements in the US and across the globe. The episode spotlights recent actions taken by women in Mexico to push for protection against all kinds of violence, the...
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Season 1, Episode 7: Race and the Reality of Reproductive Rights in the United States
Reproductive rights in the United States are being threatened more than ever. The enactment of state legislation curtailing the right to abortion – by imposing time limits, dictating mandatory waiting times, obligatory sonograms, and ever-stringent requirements for abortion clinics – is at an...
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Season 1, Episode 6: Movement Lawyering in Law School
In this episode of CRT2, how movement lawyering can be incorporated in legal education. Movement lawyering, or community lawyering, is a non-traditional approach to social justice lawyering that recognizes the limitations of relying on the law to bring about social change. See more information at...
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Season 1, Episode 5: CRT and Family Regulation System: Toward Abolition
In this episode of Columbia Race Talks / Critical Race Theory, guest Professor Anna Arons from NYU Law School speaks on her experiences as a public defender working in the family regulation system. We chat with her not only about the need for abolition, but also on how we can work toward a…
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Season 1, Episode 4: Critical Race Theory, Columbia Law School and the Legacies of Slavery: The Black Male Initiative
Join us as we journey through Columbia Law School's legacy of slavery and the remnants of that legacy on and off campus today with a particular focus on the experiences of Black men. With the assistance of esteemed panelists, we apply and analyze various critical race theories to navigate the...
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Season 1, Episode 3.2: The Backlash to CRT in France: Special Feature
What has the response to Critical Race Theory (CRT) been in France? What are the commonalities between France and the U.S. with respect to the reception and backlash to CRT? See more information at https://crt2.podcasts.library.columbia.edu/ .
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Season 1, Episode 3.1: The Backlash to CRT in France
Josephine Baker became the latest recipient of one of France’s highest honors—induction into the Pantheon. What was the symbolic significance of Baker’s induction into the Pantheon and Macron’s subsequent remarks, and what does it mean that France chose to honor an American-born woman with one of...
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Season 1, Episode 2.2: The Scarlet Letter of Incarceration: Special Feature
Mini Feature guests continue the conversation on re-entry into community and family reunification, and help us learn how CRT can play out in our everyday relationships, between lawyers and clients and especially between mom and daughter. We speak with Shameeka and her 11 year-old daughter…
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Season 1, Episode 2.1: The Scarlet Letter of Incarceration: Barriers to Women’s Re-entry
Over 1.9 million individuals leave women’s prisons and jails every year in the US. This process of returning to the community is labeled “re-entry”. In this episode of CRT2, we ask - What does the re-entry experience actually look like for Black women? The stories shared with us by four formerly...
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Season 1, Episode 1: Color Lines: Geography and Racial Control
The histories of slavery and segregation have not only left distinctions between the economic and social realities of people of different races in the United States, but have literally shaped the geography and environments we live in. Racial identities of different communities and geographies are...
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CRT2 is a project of the Studio for Law and Culture at Columbia University. Each podcast episode is conceived, written, hosted and produced by students in the Critical Race Theory Seminar Workshop at Columbia Law School. CRT2 will take our listeners from New York to Louisiana, from Ciudad Juarez,...
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Columbia Race Talks: Critical Race Theory (CRT2) is a project of the Studio for Law and Culture at Columbia Law School. Produced by students in the Critical Race Theory Seminar Workshop, CRT2 uses critical race theory as a lens to look at charged issues, contested histories and contemporary debates about law, culture and the politics of race. See more information at https://crt2.podcasts.library.columbia.edu
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