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This is not a perfect guide. That’s ok. Fear of being imperfect is no reason not to write it, just as fear of being imperfect is no reason to avoid taking anti-racist action.

Anti-racism requires work. It requires listening, it requires humility, it requires both learning and unlearning, and it requires discomfort. White supremacy gaslights us into believing that the discomfort of disrupting racist conduct, be it overt or coded, is worse than the conduct itself. In law school, this de facto gag rule on interrupting racism is embedded in classrooms, hallways, exams, and the law itself.

As law students, we are trained to accept racist precedents, not to question them, or illuminate the ways in which they enact injustice. Instead, we must put our heads down, accept the so-called “objectivity” of these laws, and operationalize them as practitioners

Don’t put your head down. It will be ok. You will still pass your class. You will still become a lawyer. Most importantly, you will push the institution, the educators, and your peers to center not just the law, but justice. Here is how:

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