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

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

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...

https://twitter.com/raceip/status/1275591037101248515

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...

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

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.

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/

https://twitter.com/Good2BThaKing/status/906647428132167681

@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/

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/