dr. burton. [applause] >> thank you.it's my pleasure to welcome richard thompson ford to the revelle forum. he is the george e.al corn professor of law at stanford law school and is a regular contribute tore slate and has written for numerous newspapers including "the new york times" and washington post. his first book, "racial culture," published in 2005 critiques racial identity politics including multiculturalism while also strongly arguing for racial justice. in his second book, "the race card," published in 2008 and selected as a new york times notable book, professor ford argues that ubiquitous claims of discrimination or playing the race card are distracting attention away from serious racial injustice. he concludes that we need to, quote, begin by looking at racial injustice as a social problem to be solved collectively rather than as a series of discreet wrongs perpetuated by bad people. this year he has two books coming out. universal rights down to earth which analyzes human rights struggles around the world a

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