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The Constitutional Rhetoric Of White Innocence Aug 2015

The Constitutional Rhetoric Of White Innocence

Cecil J. Hunt II

This article discusses the Supreme Court’s use of the rhetoric of white innocence in deciding racially inflected claims of constitutional shelter. It argues that the Court’s use of this rhetoric reveals that it has adopted a distinctly white-centered-perspective which reveals only a one-sided view of racial reality and thus distorts its ability to accurately appreciate the true nature of racial reality in contemporary America. This article examines the Court’s habit of consistently choosing a white-centered-perspective in constitutional race cases by looking at the Court’s use of the rhetoric of white innocence first in the context of the Court’s concern with …


Justice As Right Relationship: A Philosophical And Theological Reflection On Affirmative Action, Robert Araujo Mar 2013

Justice As Right Relationship: A Philosophical And Theological Reflection On Affirmative Action, Robert Araujo

Robert J. Araujo S.J.

No abstract provided.


Thinking Critically About Equality: Government Can Make Us Equal, Robert L. Hayman, Nancy Levit Dec 1999

Thinking Critically About Equality: Government Can Make Us Equal, Robert L. Hayman, Nancy Levit

Robert L. Hayman

No abstract provided.