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Gaga Gondwe

Harvard and Yale Law grad whose primary areas of academic focus are race and taxation
@nyamagagarachel
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How Elite Institutions Can Prove That Black Lives Matter

Emotional labor & the limits of interpersonal diversity work

July 2, 2020 • by Gaga Gondwe
I have been a lone Black face in mostly white spaces for most of my life. I went to college at Harvard, and law school at Yale; I clerked for a federal judge, and worked at a top law firm. I will soon embark on a new adventure, becoming a ...
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