Covering

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
In Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights, Kenji Yoshino explores the ways in which the law, civil liberties, and self-identification intersect. A Yale Law professor and a gay, Asian-American man, he describes the prejudices that he sees written in America’s civil rights legislation.

Events:Kenji Yoshino will be speaking
Tuesday, January 24th at 6pm
New York University’s D’Agostino Hall
110 West Third Street

Music: “Knuddelmaus” by Ulrich Schnauss
“Pole Tricks” by Japancakes

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