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Rasheedah Phillips

Guest Student Commentator

Rasheedah Phillips is a student at the Temple University School of Law and a Martin Luther King Jr. Summer Intern (2007) and Fellow (2008-2010) with the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc. Click here to contact Ms. Phillips.

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Commentary

Why Diversity Matters – Student Writers’ Corner

By Rasheedah Phillips

The current issue is always free to everyone We are not, nor have we ever been, a color-blind or gender-blind society, despite claims made to the contrary. In this country, there are identifiable groups of people who have been, in actuality, historically discriminated against, and where effects extending from such discrimination continue to oppress those…

The current issue is always free to everyone We are not, nor have we ever been, a color-blind or gender-blind society, despite claims made to the…

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