Cheryl Harris facts for kids
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Cheryl Harris
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| Spouse(s) | Keorapetse Kgositsile (separated) |
| Children | Earl Sweatshirt |
Cheryl I. Harris is an American expert in law and a professor. She teaches about civil rights and freedoms at the UCLA School of Law. This means she helps students learn about the important rules that protect everyone's basic rights.
She is also the mother of the famous American rapper, songwriter, and music producer, Earl Sweatshirt.
Early Life and Education
Cheryl Harris went to Wellesley College and earned her first degree in 1973. Later, in 1978, she earned her J.D. degree from the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. A J.D. degree is a special law degree that allows someone to become a lawyer.
Important Ideas and Work
Professor Harris is well-known for an important paper she wrote called "Whiteness as Property." It was published in 1993 in a famous legal magazine called the Harvard Law Review.
In this paper, she explored how being seen as "white" in some parts of history, especially during times of slavery, gave people certain advantages and benefits. She looked at how these advantages were like a type of property that could be passed down. Her work helps us understand how laws and society have treated different groups of people over time. It makes us think about fairness and equal opportunities for everyone.
