Jon Booth is a Ph.D. student in History at Harvard and a JD candidate at Harvard Law School. He studies the intertwined history of race, crime, and post-slavery emancipation in the Atlantic World.
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While You’re Busy Mocking Abigail Fisher, the Powerful Racist Forces Behind Her Are Getting a Pass
It might feel good to mock "Becky with the bad grades," but focusing on her lets the real power players in her anti-affirmative action case off the hook.
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