BRANDO SIMEO STARKEY
Each American has a right to freedom from caste
Located Near: Orange County, california
speaking topics
Freedom from Caste: caste preservationism in the supreme court
The Reconstruction Amendments: how African Americans have evoked the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments as a bulwark against a racial caste system from the Jim Crow era to the present
judicial branch’s civil rights legacy
Systemic Racism in U.S. Law: reform & resistance
Voting Rights and Justice: saving american democracy
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Brando Simeo Starkey is a writer and scholar. A graduate of Harvard Law School and a member of the New York Bar, he taught law at Villanova Law School and wrote for several years for ESPN’s The Undefeated (now Andscape). Born and raised in Cincinnati, he lives in Southern California with his wife and two sons. He has launched a newsletter, The Braveverse, about law, politics, and freedom from caste, at the TheBraveverse.com and a YouTube channel covering the same themes at https://www.youtube.com/@TheBraveverse.
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Books by Brando Simeo Starkey
“Vividly narrated and astute, this is a damning reassessment of the judicial branch’s civil rights legacy.”
—Publisher’s Weekly (starred review)
Brando Simeo Starkey in the Media
Do This to Save the Constitution & American Democracy
Recent Articles Featuring Brando Simeo Starkey:
States’ Rights to Racism: The Existential Fight to Enshrine Civil Rights in the Constitution | Literary Hub
Scholar reveals Supreme Court’s history of resistance to Black progress | KLW
Institutional Denial of Civil Rights | Alta Journal
Podcasts Featuring Brando Simeo Starkey: