... 142-47), Yick Wo v. Hopkins (378-81), Korematsu v. United States (pp. ... Examples include a ... more ... 142-47), Yick Wo v. Hopkins (378-81), Korematsu v. United States (pp. ... Examples include a paper wherein a student applied the writings of Iris Marion Young's included in the section on "Racism and Theories of Oppression" in the first chapter of Race and Races (pp 14-15). ...
Affirmative action remains a hotly contested issue on our political landscape, yet the institutio... more Affirmative action remains a hotly contested issue on our political landscape, yet the institutionalized systems of privilege which uphold the status quo remain unchallenged. Many Americans who advocate a merit-based, race-free worldview do not acknowledge the systems of privilege which benefit them. For example, many Americans rely on a social and sometimes even financial inheritance from previous generations. This inheritance, unlikely to be forthcoming if one's ancestors were slaves, privileges whiteness, maleness, and heterosexuality. In this important volume, scholars positioned differently with respect to white privilege examine how privilege of all forms manifests itself and how we can, and must, be aware of invisible privilege in our daily lives. Individual chapters focus on language, the workplace, the implications of comparing racism and sexism, race-based housing privilege, the dream of diversity and the cycle of exclusion, the rule of law and invisible systems of pri...
Discrimination and bigotry of any type is intolerable, and the enslavement of Africans by this Co... more Discrimination and bigotry of any type is intolerable, and the enslavement of Africans by this Country is inexcusable. This Court, however, is unable to identify any legally cognizable basis upon which plaintiff’s claims may proceed against the United States. While plaintiff may be justified in seeking redress for past and present injustices, it is not within the jurisdiction of this Court to grant the requested relief. The legislature, rather than the judiciary, is the appropriate forum for plaintiff’s grievances.
In his article, The Work We Know So Little About,1 Gerald Lopez introduces Maria Elena, a houseke... more In his article, The Work We Know So Little About,1 Gerald Lopez introduces Maria Elena, a housekeeper, mother, tutor, seamstress, and cook. He connects her daily life struggles to make ends meet, to care for her family, and to survive with the issue of social justice for all members of society. He underlines the gap between such clients and legal education, which does so little to help students learn about the Maria Elenas of our community, what these clients would seek in a lawyer, or even how these clients might find a lawyer. Lawyers and law seem irrelevant when viewed from Maria Elena’s perspective. Low-income women of color have developed their own survival mechanisms without much thanks to law.2 While some lawyers do connect to these clients, Lopez observes that this contact occurs in spite of, not because of, legal education.3 Lopez says the miracle is that attorney-client relationships happen at all and are less than dysfunctional.4 Lopez describes the many obstacles faced b...
... 142-47), Yick Wo v. Hopkins (378-81), Korematsu v. United States (pp. ... Examples include a ... more ... 142-47), Yick Wo v. Hopkins (378-81), Korematsu v. United States (pp. ... Examples include a paper wherein a student applied the writings of Iris Marion Young's included in the section on "Racism and Theories of Oppression" in the first chapter of Race and Races (pp 14-15). ...
Affirmative action remains a hotly contested issue on our political landscape, yet the institutio... more Affirmative action remains a hotly contested issue on our political landscape, yet the institutionalized systems of privilege which uphold the status quo remain unchallenged. Many Americans who advocate a merit-based, race-free worldview do not acknowledge the systems of privilege which benefit them. For example, many Americans rely on a social and sometimes even financial inheritance from previous generations. This inheritance, unlikely to be forthcoming if one's ancestors were slaves, privileges whiteness, maleness, and heterosexuality. In this important volume, scholars positioned differently with respect to white privilege examine how privilege of all forms manifests itself and how we can, and must, be aware of invisible privilege in our daily lives. Individual chapters focus on language, the workplace, the implications of comparing racism and sexism, race-based housing privilege, the dream of diversity and the cycle of exclusion, the rule of law and invisible systems of pri...
Discrimination and bigotry of any type is intolerable, and the enslavement of Africans by this Co... more Discrimination and bigotry of any type is intolerable, and the enslavement of Africans by this Country is inexcusable. This Court, however, is unable to identify any legally cognizable basis upon which plaintiff’s claims may proceed against the United States. While plaintiff may be justified in seeking redress for past and present injustices, it is not within the jurisdiction of this Court to grant the requested relief. The legislature, rather than the judiciary, is the appropriate forum for plaintiff’s grievances.
In his article, The Work We Know So Little About,1 Gerald Lopez introduces Maria Elena, a houseke... more In his article, The Work We Know So Little About,1 Gerald Lopez introduces Maria Elena, a housekeeper, mother, tutor, seamstress, and cook. He connects her daily life struggles to make ends meet, to care for her family, and to survive with the issue of social justice for all members of society. He underlines the gap between such clients and legal education, which does so little to help students learn about the Maria Elenas of our community, what these clients would seek in a lawyer, or even how these clients might find a lawyer. Lawyers and law seem irrelevant when viewed from Maria Elena’s perspective. Low-income women of color have developed their own survival mechanisms without much thanks to law.2 While some lawyers do connect to these clients, Lopez observes that this contact occurs in spite of, not because of, legal education.3 Lopez says the miracle is that attorney-client relationships happen at all and are less than dysfunctional.4 Lopez describes the many obstacles faced b...
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