“One year after Trump’s executive order—formally known as Executive Order 13950—was introduced, federal, state and local governmental agencies introduced 250 measures to outlaw the teaching of critical race theory. The theory is meant to explain how race and the law have been used to produce systemic racism in American society.” CRT Forward Project Director Taifha Natalee Alexander writes.
Taifha Natalee Alexander
Taifha Natalee Alexander currently serves as the CRT Forward Project Director at UCLA School of Law Critical Race Studies Program, where she leads the law school's response to the attacks on Critical Race Theory, alongside a team of faculty, staff and student researchers. Alexander graduated with honors from both Georgetown Law and UCLA School of Law. She has over twelve years of experience in higher education and her legal studies and research focus on the intersection of law, critical race studies, higher education, social justice and equity.
