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Sep 2021
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Ep. 278: Derrick Bell on the Dynamics of...

Mark Linsenmayer, Wes Alwan, Seth Paskin, Dylan Casey
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On Faces At the Bottom of the Well: The Permanence of Racism (1992), a foundational text in critical race theory that presents thought experiments in the philosophy of law, including "The Space Traders." With guest Lawrence Ware.

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