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Fanon, Colonial Violence, And Racist Language In Federal American Indian Law, Joubin Khazaie May 2022

Fanon, Colonial Violence, And Racist Language In Federal American Indian Law, Joubin Khazaie

University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review

This Comment will argue that the racist language enshrined in foundational Supreme Court decisions involving Native tribes continuously enacts a form of colonial violence that seeks to preserve a white racial dictatorship. The paper will use Frantz Fanon’s scholarship on colonial violence and the dehumanization of Indigenous people as a framework to understand the history of legalized racism against Indigenous people in the United States. Fanon’s analysis allows us to understand how language is used to dehumanize Native people in order to establish a system of hierarchy that informs the societal roles of the colonizer and the colonized. The paper …


Fear, Loathing, And The Hemispheric Consequences Of Xenophobic Hate, Ernesto Sagás, Ediberto Román Dec 2021

Fear, Loathing, And The Hemispheric Consequences Of Xenophobic Hate, Ernesto Sagás, Ediberto Román

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

“When you have fifteen thousand people marching up . . . how do you stop these people?” “You shoot them” [crowd member shouts] [chuckling, Trump responds:] “[O]nly in the Panhandle can you get away with that thing.”1
President Donald Trump

“Thousands of criminal aliens. They’re pouring into our country.”2
President Donald Trump

“They’re not people, these are animals.”3
President Donald Trump

“Take a look at the death and destruction that’s been caused by people coming into this country caused by people that shouldn’t be here.”4
President Donald Trump

“ [We] have millions and millions of people …


Vawa Reauthorization Of 2013 And The Continued Legacy Of Violence Against Indigenous Women: A Critical Outsider Jurisprudence Perspective, Luhui Whitebear Aug 2019

Vawa Reauthorization Of 2013 And The Continued Legacy Of Violence Against Indigenous Women: A Critical Outsider Jurisprudence Perspective, Luhui Whitebear

University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review

No abstract provided.


Excessive Heckling And Violent Behavior At Sporting Events: A Legal Solution?, Lindsay M. Korey Lefteroff Jan 2005

Excessive Heckling And Violent Behavior At Sporting Events: A Legal Solution?, Lindsay M. Korey Lefteroff

University of Miami Business Law Review

No abstract provided.


Media Violence: Different Times Call For Different Measures, Lisa Kimmel Jul 2002

Media Violence: Different Times Call For Different Measures, Lisa Kimmel

University of Miami Business Law Review

No abstract provided.


Warning: Television Violence May Be Harmful To Children; But The First Amendment May Foil Congressional Attempts To Legislate Against It, Laura B. Schneider Dec 1994

Warning: Television Violence May Be Harmful To Children; But The First Amendment May Foil Congressional Attempts To Legislate Against It, Laura B. Schneider

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.