Tag: Racialized Fear

• This Is When I Stopped Believing the Law Was Neutral

  Law school is often described as the place where idealism is refined into realism. Latasha Harlins, age 14. That is not what happened to me. What law school refined was my understanding of how comfortable educated people can be with injustice…so long as it can be defended. One of the earliest moments that permanently altered…

  Esquire

  January 2, 2026

  Briefs, Social Justice

  Latasha Harlins, Racialized Fear, Criminal Law, Legal Education, Justice System, Reasonableness Standard, Structural Racism, Moral Injury, Law School, Black Girls and the Law, Professional Formation, Race and Reason