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Emphasizing the role of minority views in a modern democracy, Professor of Law Lani Guinier '71 discussed her philosophy of social justice in the second half of a two-part speech yesterday afternoon in Sanders Theatre...
...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...
...LANI GUINIER, 5 ROBERT BORK Both write provocative articles that elevate their reputations. Both get nominated to high positions. Then, sadly, their enemies read the articles...