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Guns, Sex, And Race: The Second Amendment Through A Feminist Lens, Verna L. Williams
Guns, Sex, And Race: The Second Amendment Through A Feminist Lens, Verna L. Williams
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This article uses a recent move on the part of feminist legal advocates-social justice feminism ("SJF')--to explore the contours of the Second Amendment. Feminist legal theory, specifically SJF, reveals that the Second Amendment and attendant societal understandings ofthe right to keep and bear arms played a role in establishing and reproducing white male dominance. Understood in this way, the Court's decisions in Heller and McDonald reinforce structural oppression under the guise of promoting individual rights. To make that case, this article proceeds in four parts. Part I briefly addresses the question of why a feminist lens is useful in this …
Reform Or Retrenchment: Single Sex Education And The Construction Of Race And Gender, Verna L. Williams
Reform Or Retrenchment: Single Sex Education And The Construction Of Race And Gender, Verna L. Williams
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As parents, policymakers, and educators search for solutions to the crisis in the nation's public schools, single sex education emerges time and again as a promising strategy, particularly for African American students. This article argues that, in order to comprehend fully the implications of single sex schooling in inner city schools, examining the history of sex-based and race-based segregation in education is essential.
History demonstrates that sex and racial segregation in education has supported gender and hierarchies and the attendant subordination of African Americans and white women. For example, when public education became available for Blacks, its primary purpose was …