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Full-Text Articles in Law and Race
Blocking The Ballot Box: The Republican War On Voting Rights, Brendan Williams
Blocking The Ballot Box: The Republican War On Voting Rights, Brendan Williams
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
This Article addresses threats to the right to vote that have arisen since 2018, when voter suppression efforts were key to denying Stacey Abrams, the Black Democratic nominee, victory over Republican Brian Kemp in the Georgia gubernatorial race, while Kemp, in administering his own election while Georgia’s Secretary of State, “laid out a chilling blueprint of voting suppression for other states to follow.”
This Article begins by examining the early Republican voter intimidation tactics that resulted in a consent decree, as these can be viewed as part of a continuum to the present day. It discusses the two U.S. Supreme …
The Thirteenth Amendment And Equal Protection: A Structural Interpretation To "Free" The Amendment, Larry J. Pittman
The Thirteenth Amendment And Equal Protection: A Structural Interpretation To "Free" The Amendment, Larry J. Pittman
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
The hope is that the Court will one day hold that the Thirteenth Amendment has its own equal protection clause or component and that strict scrutiny will not be used for benign racial classifications designed to eradicate current badges and incidents of slavery. This Article critiques the Court’s decision in the Civil Rights Cases regarding the scope of section 1 of the Amendment and it offers a holistic or structural interpretation of the Amendment to include an equal protection component and a lesser standard of review than strict scrutiny. Essentially, the Thirteenth Amendment, if properly used, could become a public …
Redliking: When Redlining Goes Online, Allyson E. Gold
Redliking: When Redlining Goes Online, Allyson E. Gold
William & Mary Law Review
Airbnb’s structure, design, and algorithm create a website architecture that allows user discrimination to prevent minority hosts from realizing the same economic benefits from short-term rental platforms as White hosts, a phenomenon this Article refers to as “redliking.” For hosts with an unused home, a spare room, or an extra couch, Airbnb provides an opportunity to create new income streams and increase wealth. Airbnb encourages prospective guests to view host photographs, names, and personal information when considering potential accommodations, thereby inviting bias, both implicit and overt, to permeate transactions. This bias has financial consequences. Empirical research on host earning rates …
Who Tells Your Story: The Legality Of And Shift In Racial Preferences Within Casting Practices, Nicole Ligon
Who Tells Your Story: The Legality Of And Shift In Racial Preferences Within Casting Practices, Nicole Ligon
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Black Hair(Tage): Career Liability Or Civil Rights Issue?, Kaili Moss
Black Hair(Tage): Career Liability Or Civil Rights Issue?, Kaili Moss
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
The Jury Sunshine Project: Jury Selection Data As A Political Issue, Ronald F. Wright, Kami Chavis, Gregory S. Parks
The Jury Sunshine Project: Jury Selection Data As A Political Issue, Ronald F. Wright, Kami Chavis, Gregory S. Parks
Faculty Publications
In this Article, the authors look at jury selection from the viewpoint of citizens and voters, standing outside the limited boundaries of constitutional challenges. They argue that the composition of juries in criminal cases deserves political debate outside the courtroom. Voters should use the jury selection habits of judges and prosecutors to assess the overall health of local criminal justice: local conditions are unhealthy when the full-time courtroom professionals build juries that exclude parts of the local community, particularly when they exclude members of traditionally marginalized groups such as racial minorities. Every sector of society should participate in the administration …
The Supreme Court Didn't Fix Racist Jury Selection, Kami Chavis
The Supreme Court Didn't Fix Racist Jury Selection, Kami Chavis
Popular Media
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Good Faith Discrimination, Girardeau A. Spann
Good Faith Discrimination, Girardeau A. Spann
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
The Supreme Courts current doctrinal rules governing racial discrimination and affirmative action are unsatisfying. They often seem artificial, internally inconsistent, and even conceptually incoherent. Despite a long and continuing history of racial discrimination in the United States, many of the problems with the Supreme Courts racial jurisprudence stem from the Courts willingness to view the current distribution of societal resources as establishing a colorblind, race-neutral baseline that can be used to make equality determinations. As a result, the current rules are as likely to facilitate racial discrimination as to prevent it, or to remedy the lingering effects of past discrimination. …
Judicial Erasure Of Mixed-Race Discrimination, Nancy Leong
Judicial Erasure Of Mixed-Race Discrimination, Nancy Leong
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Race Matters In Bankruptcy, A. Mechele Dickerson
Race Matters In Bankruptcy, A. Mechele Dickerson
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Explaining Grutter V. Bollinger, Neal Devins
Explaining Grutter V. Bollinger, Neal Devins
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
The Quest For Freedom In The Post-Brown South: Desegregation And White Self-Interest, Davison M. Douglas
The Quest For Freedom In The Post-Brown South: Desegregation And White Self-Interest, Davison M. Douglas
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Book Review Of Race, Law, And American History, 1700-1990, Davison M. Douglas
Book Review Of Race, Law, And American History, 1700-1990, Davison M. Douglas
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.