Savala Trepczynski

Trepczynski is Executive Director of the Center for Social Justice at UC Berkeley School of Law. Her book about race, gender, and the body will be published by Simon & Schuster in 2021. You can follow her on Instagram and on her blog.

People of Color Learn at a Young Age That They Must Be Twice as Good. Now White People Need to Be Twice as Kind

I’d just finished a long evening walk in my neighborhood and was relaxed fo...

I’d just finished a long evening walk in my neighborhood and was relaxed for the first time in days when I saw the white woman washing her Lexus. She probably didn’t know she was about...

People hold signs and protest after a Minneapolis Police Department officer allegedly killed George Floyd, on May 26 in Minneapolis

Black and Brown People Have Been Protesting for Centuries. It's White People Who Are Responsible for What Happens Next.

“How do you know you’re white?” I’m talking to a hundred law students. The ...

“How do you know you’re white?” I’m talking to a hundred law students. The room is racially diverse and full of people who have gotten into top law schools. They’re committed to making racial equity...