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'An Empirical Analysis of Racial Differences in Use of Police Force' by Roland Fryer
Link to study:
https://scholar.harvard.edu/fryer/publications/empirical-analysis-racial-differences-police-use-force
Some bullets:
- Blacks 53% more likely to experience any use of force relative to 15% for whites
- All controls available, officers 46.6% less likely to discharge firearms before being attacked if suspect is black.
- Black officers are more likely to shoot unarmed whites, relative to white officers.
- Blacks are 21% less likely to report voluntary interaction with police than whites.
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Do you mean grind to obtain work to fill your hours? That seems to be a common thing I heard from many racialized lawyers. We don't get the best quality work but instead get what others don't have the capacity to do, we aren't top of mind when it comes to handing out work, and we don't get the same type of work that will help us grow and become better lawyers.
The job is already hard enough without having to fight to get good work.
Yep saw a lot of that. Black attorneys in some groups were especially impacted if there was ever a shortage of hours to go around. My recommendation is to lateral right away if you find yourself not getting good assignments or enough hours. If you stick around for too long, you will start getting dinged for not meeting expectations for your year level (because you didn't get the same amount of high level work your peers did, go figure). Try to go to a busier practice group that has a diverse partner in your same practice group and in the same office, who can commit to giving you work so you have a chance to compete with other associates.
I feel like I have to beg for work as a black women associate. I am hoping going in house will relieve me of this problem
Yup. Agreed. Review after review - “you are a superstar and way ahead of your class year.” Then one day, “sorry - we can’t give you your class year raise because your hours are low.” Of course, they acknowledge that the low hours were because the group is slow and wasn’t my fault. They also went out of their way to still remind me of how great of a lawyer I am. After that, I lateraled immediately.
Feel this and increasingly noticing a pattern of gender and ethnicity making a difference 🙃
What did you expect from becoming an attorney?
To have a job that keeps me busy, duh!?
I’m sorry but I can’t with the woe is me mentality; being a lawyer is fucking hard for everyone. We are all so damn lucky to have gotten this far in life. Yes, it’s hard work. But at least it pays off. My mother slaved away at subway for a fraction of what I make.
L1: are you OK?
Dude, it happens all the time but the only thing that matters is your hours. If your work is good and their work is eh you will get the hours. And if your hours are good then you will be ok. We have to work twice as hard to be recognized, but if you are vital to the group you won’t be overlooked.
My advice: make yourself indispensable. Which means taking risks and putting your neck on the line. We are conditioned to be inoffensive and not be noticed. But in this job you need to be noticed. When I got my job my mom’s advice to me was “shut up so you don’t f this up.” That was terrible advice.