Dr. Sherene H. Razack is a Distinguished Professor and the Penny Kanner Endowed Chair in the Department of Gender Studies, UCLA. She is an interdisciplinary critical race and feminist scholar whose work engages several fields including Sociology, Legal Studies, Gender Studies, Ethnic Studies, American Studies and Political Science.
Nothing Has to Make Sense
Upholding White Supremacy Through Anti-Muslim Racism
While much has been written about post-9/11 anti-Muslim racism, insufficient attention has been given to how anti-Muslim racism operates through law and is a vital part of law’s protection of whiteness. We may think of law as logical, but, argues Razack, its logic breaks down when the subject is Muslim.
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Recent Projects
The Racial Violence Hub
This site creates a virtual community of feminist critical race scholars, artists, activists, and organizations working on issues of racial violence and the state.
Race and Deaths in Custody
It is our hope that in building an archive of deaths in custody, we become better able to develop a critical race and feminist analysis to sustain our political anti-violence projects.
Recent Presentations and Interviews
