Teaching 'Whren' to White Kids

Darmer, M. Katherine

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Teaching 'Whren' to White Kids

M. Katherine B. Darmer

Chapman University - School of Law

January 21, 2009

Chapman University Law Research Paper No. 09-03
Michigan Journal of Race and the Law, Vol. 15, No. 1, 2009

Abstract:
This paper was inspired by my experiences as a white criminal procedure professor teaching mostly-white classes and arises at the intersection of WHREN v. UNITED STATES and GRUTTER v. BOLLINGER. The article starts from the premise that criminal procedure remains highly racialized, with blacks experiencing the criminal justice system in significantly different ways than do whites. The article suggests that the lack of minority voices in the classroom poses a significant barrier to effectively teaching criminal procedure and critiques current approaches to criminal procedure pedagogy.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 26

Keywords: criminal procedure, Whren, racial profiling, pedagogy, affirmative action, critical mass

JEL Classification: K42, K14, K41

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Date posted: January 23, 2009 ; Last revised: December 12, 2012

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Darmer, M. Katherine B., Teaching 'Whren' to White Kids (January 21, 2009). Chapman University Law Research Paper No. 09-03. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1331003

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M. Katherine B. Darmer (Contact Author)

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