Cheryl Harris

Cheryl I. Harris is an American legal scholar and critical race theorist. She is a professor of civil rights and civil liberties at the UCLA School of Law.^[1][2]

Cheryl Harris
Born	Cheryl I. Harris
Education	Wellesley College (BA) Northwestern University (JD)
Occupations	Legal scholar critical race theorist law professor
Spouse	Keorapetse Kgositsile (separated)
Children	Earl Sweatshirt
Website	UCLA faculty profile

Harris is widely known for "Whiteness as Property", published in the June 1993 edition of the Harvard Law Review.^[3][4] In the paper, Harris describes the white racial identity and the value it confers in a slave society.^[5]

Harris was married to activist Keorapetse Kgositsile, together having rapper Earl Sweatshirt. On December 7, 2024, she and Earl met at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and spoke on academia and music.^[6]

Education

Harris received her first degree from Wellesley College in 1973 and her J.D. degree from the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in 1978.^[3]