On June 16th and 17th, 2022 in Paris, France, the Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law convened a meeting of authors from our Global Systemic Racism Working Group to workshop our upcoming book of essays on global systemic racism. The book, which should be published in 2023 or 2024, will expand upon the efforts of our 2021 conference in analyzing the global nature of racial justice movements It brings together prominent scholars from around the world who are working on varied issues and a vast array of topics in their respective fields, including disparities in healthcare, housing, education, employment, wealth, income, political power, mass incarceration, and policing. The meeting was made possible by a generous gift from Guy and Jeanine Sapperstein in honor of Judge Thelton Henderson, supplemented by awards from the Miller Institute for Global Challenges and the Law and the Berkeley Institute for European Studies Title VI funds.
The following individuals participated in the June 2022 Global Systemic Racism Conference: Shreya Atrey, professor at University of Oxford, Ana Claudia Farranha, professor at University of Brasília, Adilson José Moreira, professor at Mackenzie Presbyterian University in Brazil, Angéla Kóczé, professor at Central European University in Austria, Márton Rövid, professor at Central European University, Valentina Montoya Robledo, professor at Universidad de los Andes in Colombia, Guangzhi Huang, professor at Thomas Jefferson University, Thiago Amparo, professor at FGV Direito SP and FGV International Relations School in Brazil, Mame-Fatou Niang, professor at Carnegie Mellon, Puja Kapai, professor at University of Hong Kong, Karine de Souza Silva, professor at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Sahar Aziz, professor at Rutgers University School of Law, Naomi Paik, professor at University of Illinois, Chicago, Adrien Wing, professor at University of Iowa College of Law, Caroline Pappalardo, research assistant for Adrien Wing, Frédéric Mégret, professor at McGill University, Patricia Williams, professor at Northeastern University School of Law, David K. Kim, executive director of the Center for Studies in Comparative Race and Ethnicity at Stanford University, Kristen Barnes, professor and Associate Dean at Syracuse University, and David Oppenheimer, professor at UC Berkeley Law School.
The following are the essay topics that the scholars discussed at the conference and that will be included in the book: Recreational Racism and Friendly Sexism: Black Women and Racist Human by Adilson José Moreira, America 2050: Lessons from Apartheid by Adrien Wing and Caroline Pappalardo, The Right of Access to Public Information and the Black population: brief considerations on systemic racism by Ana Claudia Farranha, The Racial Oppression of Roma and the Struggle for Epistemic Justice by Angéla Kóczé and Márton Rövid, What is “Systemic Racism?” How is it Different from Racist Acts Caused by Bigotry, Prejudice, or Bias? by David Oppenheimer, Is Discrimination in Immigration Racist? by Frédéric Mégret, Black Space vs. White Space: Systemic Racism and Gentrification in Guangzhou, China by Guangzhi Huang, International law and performing white innocence: a study of Black genocide in Brazil and the International Criminal Court by Karine de Souza Silva, Dispossession and Restoration by Kristen Barnes, Anti-Asian Violence, COVID-19, and Webs of White Supremacy in the 21st Century United States by Naomi Paik, The Racial Muslim and Systemic Racism in America by Sahar Aziz, Outrunning racism and intersectional discrimination in sports via equality law by Shreya Atrey, Police Necropolitics as Crisis of Democracy in Brazil by Thiago Amparo, Transportation racism in Latin America: The Case of Domestic Workers by Valentina Montoya Robledo, Multiple Racisms and How They Manifest in Hong Kong by Puja Kapai, and Race and French Universalism by Mame-Fatou Niang.