Document Type

Working Paper

Publication Date

2-11-2009

SSRN Discipline

Legal Scholarship Network; PSN Subject Matter eJournals; Law School Research Papers - Legal Studies; LSN Subject Matter eJournals; SRPN Subject Matter eJournals; Sustainability Research & Policy Network; Political Science Network; Social Responsibility of Business eJournals; Political Behavior eJournals

Abstract

In this episode of the Rodrigo chronicles the eccentric law professors young protege discusses his new thesis involving invisible racism or the near disappearance of the term He postulates that civil rights no longer serve their original supposed purpose Together the professor and his fiancee and Rodrigo and his wife consider instances that evidence racisms existence and whites denial of their occurrence Realizing that revealing a problem does not solve it they propose tactics to uncover subtle racism and ways to prevent it The two protagonists come to a bittersweet realization namely that the purpose of civil rights has undergone a silent shift Originally designed to protect minorities interests in fair housing employment and equal education in short nondiscrimination it has taken on a new dimension Today that body of law aims to protect whites interests and feelings principally their wish not to suffer the indignity of being labeled a racist

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