Law in Contemporary Society

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From Impatience to Insight

 -- By ShianneWilliams - 16 Feb 2023
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 In asking that question, what I really wanted was for him to give me hope; and he tried.
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<		He urged me to think about all the good state governments can do for protecting fundamental rights, all the people who are still actively fighting for the rights of minorities, and how much time I have in my legal career to make a difference. However, I was not satisfied.

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>		He urged me to think about all the good state governments can do for protecting fundamental rights, all the people who are still actively fighting for the rights of minorities, and how much time I have in my legal career to make a difference. However, I was not satisfied because none of these suggestions would result in the immediate change I was craving.
 
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We've been trying to find a way to turn your insights into new ideas about law, but his draft returns us to the personal experience of discovering a problem rather than actually thinking about it.
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>		In reality, my impatience had made me ignorant about how change works. If civil rights activists had my current mentality, I would not even be sitting in Constitutional Law at Columbia this past fall. However, I am beginning to realize that my part in creating change may never satisfy the immediate craving I have for securing fundamental rights; and that is okay.
 
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<		 Perhaps this is, in the end, the essay you want to write. But the reality of the problem you have in hand won't solve itself, and is worthy of your attention.
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>		I may not be able to change our system but I want to strive to be a part of the conduct that does change the entire system.
 
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