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The Disparate Treatment Of Race And Class In Constitutional Jurisprudence, Mario L. Barnes, Erwin Chemerinsky
The Disparate Treatment Of Race And Class In Constitutional Jurisprudence, Mario L. Barnes, Erwin Chemerinsky
Erwin Chemerinsky
No abstract provided.
Eliminating Discrimination In Administering The Death Penalty: The Need For The Racial Justice Act, Erwin Chemerinsky
Eliminating Discrimination In Administering The Death Penalty: The Need For The Racial Justice Act, Erwin Chemerinsky
Erwin Chemerinsky
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A Post-Race Equal Protection?, Trina Jones, Mario L. Barnes, Erwin Chemerinsky
A Post-Race Equal Protection?, Trina Jones, Mario L. Barnes, Erwin Chemerinsky
Erwin Chemerinsky
Most vividly demonstrated in the 2008 election of the first African-American President of the United States, post-race is a term that has been widely used to characterize a belief in the declining significance of race in the United States. Post-racialists, then, believe that racial discrimination is rare and aberrant behavior as evidenced by America’s pronounced racial progress. One practical consequence of a commitment to post-racialism is the belief that governments - both state and federal - should not consider race in their decision making. One might imagine that the recent explosion in post-racial discourse also portends a revised understanding of …