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Black men make up the majority in America. Goldsby missed
of the NBA and NFL players in that point.
America. Mark used his platform and
Mark Dubois is no Don Imus. influence—as a former Con-
The late Imus infamously used Focusing on stereotypical necticut Bar President—to reach
the phrase “nappy-headed hos” word association may other lawyers around the state to
in 2007 to hurl an insult to the underscore an important, timely
women of the Rutgers basket- distract from a larger point social justice, race and policing
regarding the killings of

ball team, which was made up unarmed Black men by issue long after the Black Lives

of mostly Black women. On the police Matter protests have vacated
other hand, Mark Dubois want- the streets. As a Black man and
ed his readers to know that his UCONN Law student who read
grandson was Black by describ- the same article as another Black
ing his hair texture as “nappy,” a woman I came away with a dif-
word found in every dictionary defining it as an ferent feeling from attorney Goldsby. I was elated
adjective describing “course hair.” that Mark Dubois used his influence to bring atten-
The irony is that Mark Dubois’ point in his op-ed tion to an issue that could save his grandson’s—or
piece was missed. It highlighted the large number even my—life. In the future, Mark can refer to his
of killings of unarmed Black men by police and grandson’s hair as “curly” and not distract from his
the racism that still exists in this country. Mark larger point: Black lives really do matter.
could have written about any issue, but he chose ¦

to write about his concerns for his family mem- Corey Brinson is a Black student at UCONN Law
ber who could be a target of an unnecessary police School studying for an LLM in Human Rights
shooting simply because he is a Black young man and Social Justice.

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