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@DorothyABrown
Jun 25, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
And as I like to say JUST SAY NO. Of course easier to do with tenure. But I did say no pre-tenure. Which reminds me of another #BlackInIvory story...
I’m pre-tenured. The Dean asks me to serve on Hiring Committee because he knows I’m interested in racial diversity. I say: well I’m concerned about finishing up this book chapter which will be my last tenure file piece. He responds ... without missing a beat...
‘I’m not sympathetic to that claim’ That little voice in my head says: he’s not interested in your success. I’m in shock. I go to my office call an employment lawprof friend and ask: can my Dean order me onto Appointments because I’m black? He says: no. Next day...
Head of hiring committee comes to me and says I hear you have concerns about how much time it will take. I respond: I talked with a lawyer and he said I can’t be ordered on the committee because I’m black. He turns even paler than when he entered and abruptly leaves...
Next day he comes back: Dorothy don’t worry you won’t be put on the committee. To which I replied: I’m not worried. I was never on the committee and it looks like you’ve figured it out too. I got tenure after that. God takes care of fools and babies and I wasn’t a baby.

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Mar 3, 2022
Since we're talking about the LSAT I have time today. AT MOST LSAT score predicts first year law school grades. Once you have actual grades only an idiot would care about an LSAT score - unless the question was pre-textual but I digress. But the LSAT story gets worse 1/8
For black law students the LSAT overpredicts first year grades. Why? I argue because law school does something to black students that hinders their learning. What could law schools be doing? Glad you asked 2/8
Professors teaching law like it's only balls and strikes; neutral and objective decision making when black law students (and many other students) know that's a lie. 3/8
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Sep 26, 2020
Finishing up page proofs for The Whiteness of Wealth that shows how tax policies designed with white Americans in mind disadvantage black Americans at every turn AND HOW WE CAN FIX IT (Available for pre-order here:penguinrandomhouse.com/books/591671/t…) I did NOT write it for academics 1/ 14
My first publication in 1996 was a book chapter showing how married black couples’ taxes were more likely to be higher than their white peers. Taxing America amazon.com/Taxing-America… eds. by Karen Brown and Mary Louise Fellows who were very gracious to this junior colleague. 2/14
While tax profs @ProfBCrawford @Narfnampil @TaxLawProf @bearerfriend engaged my work, for the most part tax law scholars have ignored my work. However some of the responses to my research and the race and tax project have been downright hostile and frankly mean spirited. 3/14
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Apr 17, 2018
In honor of tax day and the 50th Anniversary of the Fair Housing Act I wrote a blog post called Fair Housing Not Unfair Tax Policy dorothyabrown.com/2018/04/16/fai… #racialjustice
I argue that tax subsidies for homeownership disadvantages blacks and latinos/as who are less likely to be homeowners than whites and Asian-Americans. Racism in housing in the 21st Century is now in our tax code. #racialjustice
The @TaxPolicyCenter has examined zip codes and concluded that "zip codes with high claiming rates tend to be disproportionately white, middle-aged, and married." #racialjustice
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Dec 16, 2017
So yesterday I talked about my book deal with @CrownPublishing and @emmafberry and my agent @AliaHanna Today I want to talk about my amazing agent @AliaHanna and the book proposal process.
I send @AliaHanna my proposal and I think it’s really really good. Uh…not so much.
I get her document edits back and it’s lit up like a Christmas tree. I am afraid she’s going to fire me. Seriously. @AliaHanna says no worries, this is common. I think can’t be. She’s not making enough money if that’s true!
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Sep 10, 2017
So I'm watching @SloaneStephens receive her check and all I can think is DAMN, she's going to lose half of that to taxes. 1/
@SloaneStephens Then I think most people with over $3 million of income get some of it taxed at the low preferential rate. taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/taxing-… 2/
@SloaneStephens I think there's not much justice in our tax laws. I'm motivated to finish my book on tax policy that deals with these kinds of issues. Fini
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Aug 7, 2016
I’ve read Shelby and the two North Carolina voting cases and I am so pissed.Quotes generally from trial court or appellate opinion. 1/
@DorothyABrown North Carolina case IMHO started after the oral arguments in Shelby on Feb. 27, 2013.Many predicted end of preclearance. 2/
@DorothyABrown Within 2 weeks they drafted a bill. It sat. June 26 NC Senator Apodaca “I think we’ll have an omnibus bill coming out.” 3/
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