{"id":137485,"date":"2021-03-19T11:10:16","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T21:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=137485"},"modified":"2021-03-19T11:10:16","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T21:10:16","slug":"law-professors-book-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/03\/19\/law-professors-book-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"Renowned academics discussed UH<\/abbr> law professor\u2019s book at symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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A symposium brought together some of the nation\u2019s foremost academics in the areas of critical race theory, family law, health and reproductive rights, food law and policy, and feminist theory, to discuss a University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law<\/a> professor\u2019s book highlighting breastfeeding, race and injustice.<\/p>\n

Professor Andrea Freeman<\/strong>\u2019s Skimmed: Breastfeeding, Race and Injustice<\/em><\/a> has gained wide acclaim, and she has been a sought-after speaker at seminars and forums nationally and internationally.<\/p>\n

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The symposium was hosted by California Western School of Law President and Dean Sean Scott on March 12 via Zoom. Scott introduced Freeman who gave a keynote address followed by comments from a panel.<\/p>\n

“The work and insights of the wide range of scholars who participated in the symposium surfaced new and important issues related to food oppression that will inspire innovative thinking and social reform,” said Freeman.<\/p>\n

In her book, Freeman traces the story of the famed “Fultz Quads”—four identical sisters born into a North Carolina tenant farming family in 1946. They were America\u2019s first surviving Black identical quadruplets. Their white physician sold the rights to use the girls for marketing purposes to the highest-bidding formula company, Pet Milk. Now, three-quarters of a century later, baby formula is a $70 billion industry and Black mothers have the lowest breastfeeding rates in the U.S.<\/p>\n