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Hair Me Out: Why Discrimination Against Black Hair Is Race Discrimination Under Title Vii, Alexis Boyd
Hair Me Out: Why Discrimination Against Black Hair Is Race Discrimination Under Title Vii, Alexis Boyd
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
In May 2010, Chastity Jones sought employment as a customer service representative at Catastrophe Management Solutions (“CMS”), a claims processing company located in Mobile, Alabama. When asked for an inperson interview, Jones, a Black woman, arrived in a suit and her hair in “short dreadlocks,” or locs, a type of natural hairstyle common in the Black community. Despite being qualified for the position, Jones would later have her offer rescinded because of her hair. CMS claimed that locs “tend to get messy” and violated the “neutral” dress code and hair policy requiring employees to be “professional and business-like.” Therefore, CMS …
Aryans, Gender, And American Politics, Robert Tsai
Aryans, Gender, And American Politics, Robert Tsai
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
This short essay discusses some of the ways in which the Aryan movement in America activates gendered beliefs for the goal of legal, political, and cultural transformation. In recent years, the community has moved from common law theories of white sovereignty to more robust forms of racial constitutionalism. The piece is drawn from "America's Forgotten Constitutions: Defiant Visions of Power and Community"
Judicial Erasure Of Mixed-Race Discrimination, Nancy Leong
Judicial Erasure Of Mixed-Race Discrimination, Nancy Leong
American University Law Review
Jurisprudential remedies for racial discrimination presume the existence of clear categories. Indeed, Carolene Products’ classic allusion to “discrete and insular minorities” evokes racial groups that are readily identified and defined. Yet this reliance on categories renders antidiscrimination jurisprudence inhospitable to claims brought by individuals identified as multiracial and discriminated against on that basis. By addressing racial discrimination exclusively through categories, courts have lost sight of the fact that the purpose of antidiscrimination law is not to protect individuals from discrimination based on membership in recognized categories, but rather to protect individuals from the harms inflicted by racism.
This Article explores …
True Integration: Advancing Brown's Goal Of Educational Equity In The Wake Of Grutter, Lia Epperson
True Integration: Advancing Brown's Goal Of Educational Equity In The Wake Of Grutter, Lia Epperson
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
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Race, Law And Justice: The Rehnquist Court And The American Dilemma , Paul Butler, Richard D. Kahlenberg, Roger Pilon, Robert S. Chang, David Kairys, Jamin B. Raskin, Charles J. Cooper, Phil Tajitsu Nash, Jeffret\Y Rosen, Adrienne D. Davis, Alexandra Natapoff, Katheryn K. Russell, Angela Jordan Newton, Burton Wechsler, Mark Hager, Clarence Page, Brenda Wright, Stuart Ishimaru, Frank R. Parker, Frank H. Wu
Race, Law And Justice: The Rehnquist Court And The American Dilemma , Paul Butler, Richard D. Kahlenberg, Roger Pilon, Robert S. Chang, David Kairys, Jamin B. Raskin, Charles J. Cooper, Phil Tajitsu Nash, Jeffret\Y Rosen, Adrienne D. Davis, Alexandra Natapoff, Katheryn K. Russell, Angela Jordan Newton, Burton Wechsler, Mark Hager, Clarence Page, Brenda Wright, Stuart Ishimaru, Frank R. Parker, Frank H. Wu
American University Law Review
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Madisonian Multiculturalism, Alexandra Natapoff
Madisonian Multiculturalism, Alexandra Natapoff
American University Law Review
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Unexplainable On Grounds Other Than Race , David Kairys
Unexplainable On Grounds Other Than Race , David Kairys
American University Law Review
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Identity Notes Part One: Playing In The Light , Adrienne D. Davis
Identity Notes Part One: Playing In The Light , Adrienne D. Davis
American University Law Review
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The Death Penalty In The Twenty-First Century , Stephen B. Bright, Edward Chikofsky, Laurie Ekstrand, Harriet C. Ganson, Paul D. Kamenar, Robert E. Morin, William G. Otis, Jasmin Raskin, Ira P. Robbins, Diann Rust-Tierney, Charles F. Shilling, Andrew L. Sooner, Ronald J. Rabak, David V. Drehle, James Wootton
The Death Penalty In The Twenty-First Century , Stephen B. Bright, Edward Chikofsky, Laurie Ekstrand, Harriet C. Ganson, Paul D. Kamenar, Robert E. Morin, William G. Otis, Jasmin Raskin, Ira P. Robbins, Diann Rust-Tierney, Charles F. Shilling, Andrew L. Sooner, Ronald J. Rabak, David V. Drehle, James Wootton
American University Law Review
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The Death Penalty In The Twenty-First Century , Stephen B. Bright, Edward Chikofsky, Laurie Ekstrand, Harriet C. Ganson, Paul D. Kamenar, Robert E. Morin, William G. Otis, Jasmin Raskin, Ira P. Robbins, Diann Rust-Tierney, Charles F. Shilling, Andrew L. Sooner, Ronald J. Rabak, David V. Drehle, James Wootton
The Death Penalty In The Twenty-First Century , Stephen B. Bright, Edward Chikofsky, Laurie Ekstrand, Harriet C. Ganson, Paul D. Kamenar, Robert E. Morin, William G. Otis, Jasmin Raskin, Ira P. Robbins, Diann Rust-Tierney, Charles F. Shilling, Andrew L. Sooner, Ronald J. Rabak, David V. Drehle, James Wootton
American University Law Review
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Babies, Parents, And Grandparents: A Story In Two Cases, Karen Czapanskiy
Babies, Parents, And Grandparents: A Story In Two Cases, Karen Czapanskiy
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
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