Document Type

Working Paper

Publication Date

5-14-2015

SSRN Discipline

Legal Scholarship Network; Law School Research Papers - Legal Studies; Law & Society eJournals; Law & Society: Private Law eJournals; LSN Subject Matter eJournals; Criminal Justice Research Network; CJRN Subject Matter eJournals

Abstract

This casebook presents interdisciplinary critical perspectives on race and racism and covers the roles of law and history in shaping the meanings of race in the United States Updates the second edition with new material on implicit bias in the workplace President Obamas election and postracialism the Voting Rights Act and restrictions on voting recurring violence against and harassment of Latino immigrants bookbanning in Arizona demographic changes and their implications and the future of affirmative action Includes new cases such as Shelby County v Holder and Schuette v Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action current statistics and updated references Features rich historical treatment of major racialized groups in the United States African Americans Indians LatinosLatinas Asian Americans and Whites Contains chapters on differing implications of enslavement conquest colonization and immigration as well as on equality education freedom of expression family and sexuality stereotyping and crime

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