At Race of the Races: Privilege, Exclusion and Inequality among People of Color in the Law, CCR Staff Attorney Omar Farah will join a distinguished panel titled, "State Violence Against Racially Subordinated Groups: Solidarity or Separation?" The panel is one of four conversations that make up the symposium, which focuses on the inter-group and group-specific experiences of people of color under the law. Sociolegal scholars, practitioners, and community organizers have been invited to share their expertise on some of the most salient issues affecting communities of color—higher education, mass criminalization, and employment.

Given the recent presidential election, Race of the Races arrives at an especially critical time. The conversations will steer toward finding opportunities for solidarity across different contexts—the Black Lives Matter movement, immigrant rights movement, the movement challenging the rise of Islamophobia—and identifying what role(s) and practices legal practitioners can play in dismantling oppressive legal regimes.

This symposium is presented by Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA), the Black Law Students Association (BLSA), and the Latin@ Law Students Association (LLSA) at UC Irvine.