Based upon the readings and your experiences, is the law (color)blind? Discuss whether the law is implemented – from the creation of legislation, to law enforcement, to incarceration – in a racially biased way (privileging certain racialized groups over others)? If the law is racially biased, how do you think we can do better, how can we introduce more equity and justice into the law?
Required texts:
“To Protect and Serve Whiteness” by Burton
“Institutional Racism, Numbers Management, and Zero-Tolerance Policing in New York” by Bornstein
“Policing Aboriginality in Aboriginal Community Policing” by Cefai
