A Commission on Recognition and Reconstruction for the United States: Inspirational or Illusory?
27 Pages Posted: 13 Jul 2022
Date Written: June 29, 2022
Abstract
In this article I suggest that President Joe Biden issue an executive order to establish a Commission on Recognition and Reconstruction (CRR) to comprehensively confront the ongoing challenges to racial justice. I envisage the CRR as an adjunct to, and not a replacement for, the several measures currently being undertaken in law and policy to address these challenges. I imagine the CRR providing a national focus on the many ways that public and private institutions have responded to this current moment of racial distress, while also highlighting the obstacles and omissions toward the attainment of racial justice. The proposed CRR would then establish goals to be measurable in the short-, medium-, and long-term.
Keywords: racial justice, restorative justice, human rights, equality
JEL Classification: KI, K19
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Penelope Andrews (Contact Author)
New York Law School ( email )
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New York, NY 10013
United States
212-431-2351 (Phone)
New York Law School ( email )
185 West Broadway
New York, NY 10013
United States
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