Document Type

Working Paper

Publication Date

7-9-2012

SSRN Discipline

Legal Scholarship Network; PSN Subject Matter eJournals; *Humanities - Forthcoming Areas; Social Insurance Research Network; Law School Research Papers - Legal Studies; African-American Studies; LSN Subject Matter eJournals; Latin-American & Mexican Studies; Humanities Network; Political Science Network; Political Behavior eJournals

Abstract

Uses the biography of a Mexican American federal judge as catalyst to discuss current legal problems facing Latinos Explains the blackwhite binary paradigm of racial discourse and lawmaking the notion that American civil rights proceeds according to a dichotomous structure that marginalizes those falling outside the two main groups blacks and whites Lays out further theoretical and practical consequences for Latinos caught outside the binary and suggests future inquiries for Latino critical scholars

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