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Dreaming In Black And White: Racial-Sexual Policing In The Birth Of A Nation, The Cheat, And Who Killed Vincent Chin?, Robert S. Chang
Dreaming In Black And White: Racial-Sexual Policing In The Birth Of A Nation, The Cheat, And Who Killed Vincent Chin?, Robert S. Chang
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Professor Chang observes that Asians are often perceived as interlopers in the nativistic American "family." This conception of a nativist "family" is White in composition and therefore accords a sense of economic and sexual entitlement to Whites, ironically, even if particular beneficiaries are recent immigrants. Transgressions by those perceived to be "illegitimate," such as Asians and Blacks, are policed either by rule of law or the force of sanctioned vigilante violence. Chang illustrates his thesis by drawing upon the three films referenced.
Who's Afraid Of Tiger Woods?, Robert S. Chang
Who's Afraid Of Tiger Woods?, Robert S. Chang
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Responding to media celebrations on the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s breaking of the color barrier in Major League Baseball that portray America’s battle for racial justice having been won, this article posits putting racially diverse sport stars on a pedestal misleading. This goes on to ask and explain what sports represent in a democratic society and how Tiger Woods forces us to ask the ‘race’ question. Finally, the article discusses multiracialism and LatCrit scholarship.
Standing On The Corner--Trying To Find Our Way, W. H. Knight
Standing On The Corner--Trying To Find Our Way, W. H. Knight
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In this article, the author outlines academic presentations that have evoked in him a particularly emotional response. The effectiveness and importance of these presentations is judged by their groundedness, as they deal with the topic of law intersecting with the everyday lives of ordinary people. Generally, the author draws attention to a theme of social justice in academia.
“To Learn And Make Respectable Hereafter:” The Litchfield Law School In Cultural Context, Andrew Siegel
“To Learn And Make Respectable Hereafter:” The Litchfield Law School In Cultural Context, Andrew Siegel
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This article details the historical moment in which the Law School emerged, sketching both the political and social structure of colonial Connecticut and the multifaceted crisis facing that state's leaders in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It describes the response of Litchfield's elite to this unfolding crisis, focusing in detail on the innovative institutions they founded and nurtured during this period, including the Law School and the Litchfield Female Academy. The article then attempts to place the Law School in historical and cultural context, providing, sequentially, an exploration of the social vision propounded in its classroom, a brief …