Cedric Powell is the Wyatt, discusses his article, “The Post-Racial Deception of the Roberts Court” in which he argues that the supposed colorblind rhetoric masks an agenda to strip precedent, history and reality away from Supreme Court decisions. By looking at the Civil Rights and Civil War Amendment cases, Powell shows how the Roberts Court applies a standard of neutrality to vacate diversity and equality while removing race from its Constitutional consideration. This deception seeks to rewrite the racial history of the Supreme Court and ultimately America, itself.

Cedric Powell is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, Howard University School of Law.