Word: guinier
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Guinier, who was the black woman to receive tenure in the history of Harvard Law School, said it is crucial for all opposing views to be included in society if true social justice is to occur. Present social structures, by emphasizing the majority and excluding "outsiders," fail to "build a multi-racial society," she said...
...need to take from the margin to rethink the whole," Guinier said. Universal justice could be achieved not by the "power of the majority" but by "acknowledging dissent...so that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts," she said...
...Guinier, who addressed an audience of about 400, presented her experience working on voting issues in Washington in the early '80s as an instance when collaboration between opposing interests resulted in an effective compromise...
...Guinier described more specific ways of implementing her philosophy in a response to an audience member who argued that American democracy already accurately reflects the opinions of society...
...reply, Guinier criticized the "winner-take-all" method of the current voting system. This method "encourages a passive relationship...between representatives and the people," since not all views are included, she said...