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Tamar Malloy, Ph.D., will demonstrate how rights and protections are undermined by the requirements that people become “respectable” in order to be considered good, moral and worthy of protection.The University of Alabama at Birmingham will host Tamar Malloy, Ph.D., for a discussion on disciplinary rules and dress code requirements in United States charter schools.
In the United States and elsewhere, laws and policies meant to prevent discrimination do not include things some may consider most important to how we think of ourselves and our identities: how we speak, dress, move and express emotion. Rights are supposed to guarantee our safety and access to opportunity — but what about the things they do not protect?
The free virtual event will take place from 4-5 p.m. Wednesday, April 7. It is presented by the College of Arts and Sciences’ Institute for Human Rights. To attend the event, register online.
Malloy is assistant professor of political science at the University of Colorado-Boulder. For this discussion, she will demonstrate how rights and protections are undermined by what she calls disciplinary respectability: the requirements that people become “respectable” in order to be considered good, moral and worthy of protection.
The Institute for Human Rights at UAB is an internationally renowned platform for interdisciplinary interaction and collaboration for scholars, educators, students, practitioners and activists to raise awareness, engage in education, foster research, and design initiatives for practical action and outreach resulting in the promotion and protection of human and civil rights locally, nationally and globally.