Yvette N. A. Pappoe
Teaching Law. Practicing Justice. Speaking Truth.
The Scarlet Letter E: How Tenancy Screening Policies Exacerbate Housing Inequity Among Evicted Black Women
This Article is the first to analyze the disparate impact of the use of eviction filings in rental housing decisions under the Fair Housing Act (“FHA”). It argues that blanket tenant screening policies are arbitrary, artificial, and unnecessary barriers that operate to invidiously discriminate against Black women and, therefore, violate the FHA.
Publications
The Shortcomings of Title VII for the Black Female Plaintiff
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.
Remedying the Effects of Government-Sanctioned Segregation in a Post-Freddie Gray Baltimore
This Article argues that the enduring racial and economic segregation in Baltimore is the direct result of government-sanctioned policies, such as redlining and discriminatory housing practices, which created concentrated disadvantage in Black communities. It contends that true remedy requires not only acknowledging this history but also implementing targeted, race-conscious interventions to dismantle the structural barriers these policies created.
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