I argue that Black women bear the brunt of these structural barriers to recovery in the current Title VII legal landscape and offer suggestions. This Article examines the way in which the current framework courts employ in individual employment discrimination cases negatively impacts Black female plaintiffs’ chances of success in pursuing employment discrimination claims. I use intersectional theory as a backdrop to analyze a split among several federal appellate circuits regarding whether to resolve claims brought by multi-dimensional plaintiffs through an intersectional lens.

This Article seeks to analyze the effects of racist housing policies in Baltimore on access to opportunity and economic prosperity and to explore possible solutions. I outline the evolution of housing policy decisions that resulted in economic and racial segregation and concentrated poverty among the Black population in Baltimore. I then argue that the lingering effects of housing segregation contributed to Freddie Gray’s demise.