The Racial Roots of Administrative Law: Yesterday and Today

In this class, we will continue to explore the deeply racist roots of administrative law. In, An Ethic of Race for Public Administration, the authors provide several examples of how administrative agencies acted to harm marginalized communities -- erasing the voice and exploiting the circumstances of those with less power and resources. As a reference, there are links to some of the respective agencies responsible for the decisions explored in this reading.

In this class, we will discuss additional examples where the federal government delegated agencies and other entities to "adjudicate the legal status of individuals."

We will conlcude class with a group discussion:

Slack in-class discussion #2: as indicated above, all posts must include the assignment number (e.g. “in-class discussion #2”) and date of submission or it will not be accepted and no credit will be given for the assignment:

In reflection of An Ethic of Race for Public Administrative, name something that you learned and found most impactful from this reading and identify any ways that the vestiges of these past actions by administrative agencies can be viewed, or are having an impact, in modern society?

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