Cheryl I. Harris
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Cheryl I. Harris is a prominent legal scholar and critical race theorist best known for her influential work on race, property, and whiteness in American law.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cheryl Harris | 1 |
| Cheryl I. Harris canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10264484 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cheryl I. Harris Context triple: [Critical race theory, associatedWith, Cheryl I. Harris]
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A.
Patricia J. Williams
Patricia J. Williams is an influential American legal scholar and writer known for her pioneering work in critical race theory and her book "The Alchemy of Race and Rights."
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B.
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Kimberlé Crenshaw is an American legal scholar and critical race theorist best known for developing the concept of intersectionality to explain how overlapping systems of oppression shape the experiences of Black women.
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C.
Barbara Franklin
Barbara Franklin is an American business executive and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce known for advancing women’s roles in government and corporate leadership.
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D.
Joy A. Thomas
Joy A. Thomas is an information theorist best known as the co-author of the widely used textbook "Elements of Information Theory" with Thomas M. Cover.
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E.
Barbara Smith
Barbara Smith is an influential Black feminist scholar, activist, and writer who co-founded the Combahee River Collective and helped shape contemporary intersectional feminist thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cheryl I. Harris Target entity description: Cheryl I. Harris is a prominent legal scholar and critical race theorist best known for her influential work on race, property, and whiteness in American law.
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A.
Patricia J. Williams
Patricia J. Williams is an influential American legal scholar and writer known for her pioneering work in critical race theory and her book "The Alchemy of Race and Rights."
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B.
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Kimberlé Crenshaw is an American legal scholar and critical race theorist best known for developing the concept of intersectionality to explain how overlapping systems of oppression shape the experiences of Black women.
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C.
Barbara Franklin
Barbara Franklin is an American business executive and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce known for advancing women’s roles in government and corporate leadership.
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D.
Joy A. Thomas
Joy A. Thomas is an information theorist best known as the co-author of the widely used textbook "Elements of Information Theory" with Thomas M. Cover.
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E.
Barbara Smith
Barbara Smith is the wife of Benjamin A. Smith II, a former United States Senator from Massachusetts and close associate of the Kennedy family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
critical race theorist
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legal scholar ⓘ person ⓘ |
| academicEmployer | University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ |
| almaMater |
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
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linked to:
Northwestern University School of Law
Wellesley College ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
United States legal scholarship
ⓘ
race theory in law schools ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
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linked to:
Northwestern University School of Law
Wellesley College ⓘ |
| employer | UCLA School of Law ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
African American
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linked to:
Black Americans
|
| fieldOfWork |
anti-discrimination law
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civil rights law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ critical race theory ⓘ race and the law ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
legal construction of race
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racialized property regimes ⓘ structural nature of white privilege ⓘ whiteness as property ⓘ |
| hasPublicationType | law review article ⓘ |
| hasResearchArea |
affirmative action
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civil rights movements and law ⓘ equal protection jurisprudence ⓘ intersection of race and class ⓘ property law and race ⓘ racial subordination in legal doctrine ⓘ structural racism ⓘ whiteness and law ⓘ |
| hasRole |
critical race theory movement leader
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mentor to critical race theorists ⓘ |
| influenced |
critical race theory in legal academia
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scholarship on whiteness studies ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
civil rights movement
ⓘ
critical legal studies ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributions to critical race theory
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scholarship on race and property ⓘ theory of whiteness as a form of property in American law ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notablePublicationVenue | Harvard Law Review ⓘ |
| notableWork | Whiteness as Property ⓘ |
| occupation | law professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Professor of Law at UCLA
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Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Chair in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cheryl I. Harris Description of subject: Cheryl I. Harris is a prominent legal scholar and critical race theorist best known for her influential work on race, property, and whiteness in American law.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
critical race theory
linked to: Cheryl I. Harris