Race, Space, and Labor Outcomes
speakers:
Professor John Quigley, Economics
Professor Stephen Rafael, Public Policy
What is the relationship between where people live, and where jobs are located? What are the resulting employment outcomes for minorities? According to Professor Steven Rafael of the Goldman School of Public Policy and Professor John Quigley, Economics, understanding the spatial mismatch between where racial minorities live and work can significantly impact and inform local, regional, and national public policy planning.
Yes, We Did!
speakers:
Words From the Director
Just as many of us were obsessed with news coverage for weeks leading to the 2008 Presidential elections, we found ourselves enthralled by post-election dissection in the days following Barack Obama’s victory. Many spontaneous celebrations broke out all over the Berkeley campus, just as they did in innumerable sites around America. The sixth floor of Barrows Hall, where the CRG, Gender and Women’s Studies, and African American Studies are located had knots of excited staff and faculty breaking out wine and sparkling cider the morning after Obama’s victory.
Adventures In Racialization: Immigration & Critical Race Theory
speakers:
Professor Angela Harris, Law
Professor Leti Volpp, Law
Professor Leti Volpp of the Boalt School of Law opened the September 18th, CRG Thursday forum with a discussion on the role that culture, race and gender now play in shaping immigration laws. Citing examples of recent legislation passed around the world, Professor Volpp argues that a rhetoric of “gendered, cultural subordination” is being used to justify discriminatory policies against immigrant populations in the name of helping women.
The Commodification of Wombs & Reproductive Labor
speakers:
Dr. Kalindi Vora, Anthropology
Dr. Fouzieyha Towghi, Women & Gender Studies
The Center was proud to inaugurate the Fall 2008 Thursday Afternoon Forum Series with a panel entitled, “Reproductive Technologies in South Asia: Transnational Medico-technical Mediations, the Commodification of Wombs, and (Re)productive Labor,” an examination of the complex intersection between human reproduction, and the ethics and influence of medical technology in South Asia.
Karl Britto is a joint appointed professor in the French and Comparative Literature departments, and is an affiliated faculty member of the CRG.