Andrea Freeman’s Skimmed: Breastfeeding, Race, and Injustice raises many important questions and intersects with a number of different fields, including but not limited to, food law and policy, Critical Race Theory, health and reproductive rights, and feminist theory. We have invited experts from these relevant fields to engage with Professor Freeman’s book through remarks and/or papers they have prepared specifically for this symposium.
Our commitment to helping to create conversations with the people raising and engaging with important issues is stronger now than ever and perhaps even more necessary. The Skimmed symposium promises to be evocative as well as diverse in terms of the points of view and opinions expressed.
Introduction: Sean Scott, California Western President and Dean
Keynote Speaker: Professor Andrea Freeman
Panelist Speakers:
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Melissa Murray
Foreword -
Aziza Ahmed
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Bennett Capers
“And They Took My Milk!” -
Anthony Kwame Harrison
Using Black Lives As If They Don’t Matter: The Famous Four and Other Serious Stories of Capitalism and White Supremacy -
Robin A. Lenhardt and Kimani Paul-Emile
Skimmed Milk: Reflections on Race, Health, and What Families Tell Us About Structural Racism -
Osagie K. Obasogie
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Jessica Dixon Weaver
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Tonya L. Brito and Sofia Jonas
Breastfeeding, Race and Mutual Aid -
Ernesto Hernández-López
Food Oppression: Lessons from Skimmed for a Pandemic -
Jasmine Gonzales Rose
Desnatada: Latina Illumination on Breastfeeding, Race, and Injustice -
Ruqalijah Yearby
Employment Discrimination, Breastfeeding, and Health Justice
Questions and Answer Session
Closing Remarks: Professor Andrea Freeman
Closing Remarks: CWSL Law Review
For more information, visit: https://californiawesternlawreview.org/2021-law-review-symposium
