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American law professor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cheryl I. Harris is an American legal scholar and critical race theorist. She is a professor of civil rights and civil liberties at the UCLA School of Law.[1][2]
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Spouse | Keorapetse Kgositsile (separated) |
Children | Earl Sweatshirt |
Website | UCLA faculty profile |
Harris is widely known for "Whiteness as Property", published in the June 1993 edition of the Harvard Law Review.[3][4] In the paper, Harris describes the white racial identity and the value it confers in a slave society.[5]
Harris is also the mother of American rapper, songwriter and record producer Earl Sweatshirt.[6]
Harris received her first degree from Wellesley College in 1973 and her J.D. degree from the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in 1978.[3]
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