Law Practice
Feb. 5, 2019
Analyze rather than assert
As a law professor, I wish students would hesitate before denouncing government actions, or public officials, as “racist” or “sexist.”
Frank H. Wu
President Designate
Queens College
Frank is William L. Prosser Distinguished professor at UC Hastings College of the Law.
As a law professor, I wish students would hesitate before denouncing government actions, or public officials, as "racist" or "sexist." Although I share their sentiments in many, but not all, cases, I must be responsible as a teacher for insisting they analyze rather than assert. Their reflexive disapproval is not likely to persuade people who do not already agree with them. They will not be effective advocates.
The problem is that th...
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