| Author | Title | Citation | Summary | Year |
| Terrence Rogers |
Using Parrots to Kill Mockingbirds: Yet Another Racial Prosecution and Wrongful Conviction in Maycomb |
14 Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Minority Issues 375 (Winter 2011) |
I. Introduction. 376 II. Racial Discrimination in General. 380 A. Racial Discrimination in the United States. 381 B. International Human Rights Law in the Battle Against Racial Discrimination. 382 III. Examples of Racial Discrimination in the U.S. Criminal Justice System. 385 A. Wrongful Accusations. 385 B. Racial Discrimination in the Jury; Search Snippet: ...December 2011 Article USING INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW TO COMBAT RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN THE U. S. CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM Terrence Rogers... |
2011 |
| Kendra Fox-Davis |
A Black and White Issue: the Invisibility of American Indians in Racial Policy Discourse |
23 National Black Law Journal 98 (2010) |
In 1967, my father was one of four African American students in the entering first year class at the University of Iowa School of Law. My father had journeyed from a historically black college in North Carolina to the Midwest because of a targeted outreach and admission effort for minority students. Before classes started, an associate dean met; Search Snippet: ...A BADGE OF INFERIORITY: ONE LAW STUDENT'S STORY OF A RACIALLY HOSTILE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT Kendra Fox-Davis [FNa1] Copyright (c) 2010... |
2010 |
| Katherine N. Hallinan |
A Death Penalty Wake-up Call: Reducing the Risk of Racial Discrimination in Capital Punishment |
7 Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal 71 (Winter 2010) |
Much of one's inability to know racial discrimination when one sees it results from a failure to recognize that racism is both a crime and a disease. This failure is compounded by a reluctance to admit that the illness of racism affects almost everyone. Acknowledging and understanding the malignancy are prerequisites to the discovery of an; Search Snippet: ...Poverty Law Journal Winter 2010 Notes A DEADLY RESPONSE: UNCONSCIOUS RACISM AND CALIFORNIA'S PROVOCATIVE ACT DOCTRINE Katherine N. Hallinan [FNa1] Copyright... |
2010 |
| Neubia Williams |
A Post-Racial Voting Rights Act |
4 Southern Regional Black Law Students Association Law Journal L.J. 1 (Spring 2010) |
The election of President Barack Obama ignited a wave of academic, political and social discourse in both the domestic and the international realms. Inevitably, a large portion of the commentary in the media discussed, if not focused on President Obama's race. In the wake of the election, the term post-racial era has become more commonplace in... |
2010 |
| Jennifer Zimmermann |
Acting White? Or Acting Affluent? A Book Review of Carbado & Gulati's Acting White? Rethinking Race in "Post-Racial" America |
42 Urban Lawyer 775 (Summer, 2010) |
Act Now to Stop War and End Racism Coalition v. District of Columbia, 589 F.3d 433 (D.C. Cir. 2009). A plaintiff has standing to challenge a regulation alleged to burden freedom of expression where (1) there is a clear and credible statement of intent to engage in the prohibited conduct, and (2) there is a substantial and reasonable expectation; Search Snippet: ...2010 Case Note ACT NOW TO STOP WAR AND END RACISM COALITION v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Jennifer Zimmermann Copyright © 2010 by... |
2010 |
| Edgar Cahn , Cynthia Robbins |
An Ounce of Prevention: a Constitutional Prescription for Choice of Venue in Racially Sensitive Criminal Cases |
13 University of the District of Columbia Law Review 71 (Spring 2010) |
While young people of all races commit delinquent acts, some are provided treatment while others are detained and incarcerated. Once incarcerated, these youth begin their slide down a slippery slope; they lack an equal opportunity to gather evidence and prepare their cases. Furthermore, they will be effectively deprived of the opportunity and the... |
2010 |
| Christine Tamer |
Are Law Schools Racist?: a "Talk" with Richard Delgado |
16 Texas Journal on Civil Liberties & Civil Rights 101 (Fall 2010) |
I. Introduction. 101 II. The Worst of Both Worlds. 103 A. Post 9-11 Racism, Hate, and Discrimination. 105 B. Discrimination, Racism, and Overt Acts of Hate on Campus. 106 III. Officially White; Realistically Black. 108 A. Check it Right, You Ain't White!. 112 B. The Mark of Blackness. 114 IV. Race-Based Affirmative Action and Why Arab Americans; Search Snippet: ...2010 Note ARAB AMERICANS, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, AND A QUEST FOR RACIAL IDENTITY Christine Tamer [FNa1] Copyright (c) 2010 Texas Journal on... |
2010 |
| Gregory S. Parks , Danielle C. Heard |
Assassinate the Nigger Ape[] : Obama, Implicit Imagery, and the Dire Consequences of Racist Jokes |
11 Rutgers Race & the Law Review 259 (2010) |
In 1994, Congress passed legislation stating that presidents elected to office after January 1, 1997 would no longer receive lifetime Secret Service protection. Such legislation was unremarkable until the first black president-- Barack Obama--was elected. From the outset of his campaign until today, and likely beyond, President Obama has; Search Snippet: ...APE[] [FN1] : OBAMA, IMPLICIT IMAGERY, AND THE DIRE CONSEQUENCES OF RACIST JOKES Gregory S. Parks [FNdd1] Danielle C. Heard [FNd1] Copyright... |
2010 |
| Lance McMillian |
Attractiveness as Hiring Criteria: Savvy Business Practice or Racial Discrimination? |
77 Tennessee Law Review 701 (Summer, 2010) |
We're so rarely called on to be Christians, but when we are, we've got men like Atticus to go for us. - Miss Maudie, To Kill a Mockingbird. Cultural icons resonate throughout a society. But not all icons are created equal. Some transcend time and belong to the ages. These are the legends. Michael Jordan. Michael Jackson. The Mona Lisa. Marilyn... |
2010 |
| Lindsay Pérez Huber |
Becoming Black Political Subjects: Movements and Ethno-Racial Rights in Colombia and Brazil. By Tianna S. Paschel. Princeton, Nj, and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2016 |
18 American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law 839 (2010) |
I. Introduction. 840 II. Coming to the Study. 841 III. Description of the Study. 843 IV. Coming to an Epistemological Consciousness. 844 V. The Power of Testimonio. 848 VI. Conclusion. 851; Search Snippet: ...Undocumented and U.S. Born Chicana College Students on Discourses of Racist Nativism in Education, which can be found on file with... |
2010 |
| Karla Mari McKanders |
Black and White or Red All Over? The Impropriety of Using Crime Scene Dna to Construct Racial Profiles of Suspects |
29 Saint Louis University Public Law Review 473 (2010) |
Moreover, I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states. . . . Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial; Search Snippet: ...Administration Article BLACK AND BROWN COALITION BUILDING DURING THE POST- RACIAL OBAMA ERA Karla Mari McKanders [FNa1] Copyright (c) 2010 St... |
2010 |
| Jon M. Sands |
Born in Jail: America's Racial History and the Inevitable Emergence of the School-to-prison Pipeline |
57-DEC Federal Lawyer 64 (November/December, 2010) |
These three books illustrate that, when it comes to controversial policies toward immigration, labor, and crime and punishment, there is nothing new under the Arizona sun. Borderline Americans examines the Bisbee Deportation of 1917, in which about 1,300 immigrant workers were illegally deported by the Phelps Dodge Corporation in an effort to break... |
2010 |
| Molly E. Swartz |
C. Adarand Constructors, Inc. V. Pena: Strict Scrutiny--one Standard of Review for All Racial Classification Legislation |
13 University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law 229 (November, 2010) |
By most measures, 12-year-old M was an observant Jewish boy. Practicing in the Masorti tradition, M prayed in Hebrew, attended synagogue, and participated in a Jewish Youth Group. It was not surprising then, when M applied for admission to JFS (formerly the Jews' Free School). Founded in 1732, JFS is Europe's largest Jewish secondary school and; Search Snippet: ...2010 Comments BY BIRTH OR BY CHOICE? THE INTERSECTION OF RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION IN SCHOOL ADMISSIONS Molly E. Swartz [FNa1... |
2010 |
| Erica Frankenberg, Genevieve Siegel-Hawley |
Choosing the Chosen: the Validity of Racial Restrictions on the Alienation of Property in Israel and the United States |
6 Stanford Journal of Civil Rights & Civil Liberties 219 (October, 2010) |
Introduction. 220 I. School Choice and the Historical Role of the Federal Government. 221 A. School Choice as a Means to Avoid Racial Diversity. 223 B. Choice Used to Further Racial Diversity. 224 1. Magnet Schools. 224 2. Managed Choice and Inter-district Programs. 226 C. Choice Without Regard for Racial Diversity. 227 D. Differing Choices. 229; Search Snippet: ...Civil Liberties October, 2010 Article CHOOSING DIVERSITY: SCHOOL CHOICE AND RACIAL INTEGRATION IN THE AGE OF OBAMA Erica Frankenberg, Genevieve Siegel... |
2010 |
| Jan P. Mensz |
Citizenship as Accumulated Racial Capital |
43 University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform 1137 (Summer 2010) |
Economic and racial integration in housing remains elusive more than forty years after the passage of the Fair Housing Act. Recalcitrant municipal governments and exclusionary zoning ordinances have played a large role in maintaining and exacerbating segregated housing patterns. After discussing some of the persistent causes of segregated housing; Search Snippet: ...QUI TAM PROVISION OF THE FALSE CLAIMS ACT TO PROMOTE RACIAL AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION IN HOUSING Jan P. Mensz [FNa1] Copyright... |
2010 |
| Colin Schlueter |
Color in the "Black Box": Addressing Racism in Juror Deliberations |
19 William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal 263 (October, 2010) |
The practice of transracial adoption, the adoption of a child who is not the same race as the adoptive parents, has been the subject of much controversy and debate. When considering the intersection of racial classifications or considerations and the role they play in the adoption process, the primary disagreements appear to be, on one hand, over... |
2010 |
| Benjamin V. Madison, III |
Color-blindness, Racism-blindness, and Racism-awareness: Revisiting Judge Henderson's Proposition 209 Decision |
78 UMKC Law Review 617 (Spring, 2010) |
Our local [i.e., state-court] judges, it seems, succumb to whims and caprices of local custom in deciding cases like ours, he said. In the federal courts, a judge is appointed and doesn't have to worry about being reelected. God grant them the moral courage and integrity to interpret the Constitution in its true meaning. Dr. Martin Luther King,; Search Snippet: ...Articles COLOR-BLIND: PROCEDURE'S QUIET BUT CRUCIAL ROLE IN ACHIEVING RACIAL JUSTICE Benjamin V. Madison, III [FNa1] Copyright (c) 2010 Curators... |
2010 |
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Creating a Seminole Enemy: Ethnic and Racial Diversity in the Conquest of Florida |
31 University of La Verne Law Review 257 (2010) |
The morning of September 12, 1978 began with the extraordinary and startling sight of over 1000 school buses carrying youngsters in all directions across Los Angeles. Many of the buses were traveling on roads over and around the hills that separated the city center from the San Fernando Valley. These yellow buses resembled segmented caterpillars... |
2010 |
| Sheila Thomas |
Debunking the Myth of Civil Rights Liberalism: Visions of Racial Justice in the Thought of T. Thomas Fortune, 1880-1890 |
37-FALL Human Rights 22 (Fall, 2010) |
The concept of the topic of debunking the myth of a postracial society began in Fall 2009 as part of a discussion among members of the Civil Rights Committee of the Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities, of which I am a co-chair. What inspired the conversation was the pronouncement by the media and political commentators that the; Search Snippet: ...Human Rights Fall, 2010 DEBUNKING THE MYTH OF A POST- RACIAL SOCIETY Sheila Thomas [FNa1] Copyright © 2011 by American Bar Association... |
2010 |
| Ryan D. King, Kecia R. Johnson, Kelly McGeever |
Depoliticizing Racial Profiling: Suggestions for the Limited Use and Management of Race in Police Decision-making |
44 Law and Society Review Rev. 1 (March, 2010) |
The demography of the legal profession has changed rather dramatically in recent decades, yet the consequences of a more racially and ethnically diverse pool of lawyers for the administration of justice have not received significant attention. The present research examines how the racial composition of the local legal profession affects one facet; Search Snippet: ...Review March, 2010 Article DEMOGRAPHY OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION AND RACIAL DISPARITIES IN SENTENCING Ryan D. King Kecia R. Johnson Kelly... |
2010 |
| Michael Campbell |
Did the War on Drugs Die with the Birth of the War on Terrorism?: a Closer Look at Civil Forfeiture and Racial Profiling after 9/11 |
82 Temple Law Review 1163 (Srping-Summer 2010) |
In its 2003 report Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care, the Institute of Medicine Committee on Understanding and Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care (the Committee) noted that even when insured, [racial and ethnic minorities] may face additional barriers to care due to other; Search Snippet: ...DO THAT? AN ARGUMENT FOR REQUIRING PENNSYLVANIA TO EVALUATE THE RACIAL IMPACT OF MEDICAID POLICY DECISIONS PRIOR TO IMPLEMENTATION Michael Campbell... |
2010 |
| Justin D. Levinson , Danielle Young |
Digital Divisions: Racial (In)justice and the Limits of Social Informatics in the State of Georgia Vs. Troy Anthony Davis |
112 West Virginia Law Review 307 (Winter, 2010) |
I. Introduction. 308 II. Scholarship on Implicit Bias and Race in Legal Decision-Making. 311 A. Legal Scholarship. 311 1. Non-Empirical Work on Implicit Bias in Society. 312 2. Non-Empirical Work on Implicit Bias in the Legal System. 315 3. Empirical Legal Scholarship. 319 B. Mock-Jury Research on Racial Bias. 323 III. Activating Powerful Racial; Search Snippet: ...Winter, 2010 Article DIFFERENT SHADES OF BIAS: SKIN TONE, IMPLICIT RACIAL BIAS, AND JUDGMENTS OF AMBIGUOUS EVIDENCE Justin D. Levinson [FNa1... |
2010 |
| Grace Brainard |
Diversity in Higher Education: Diversity's Lack of a "Compelling" Nature, and How the Supreme Court Has Avoided Applying True Strict Scrutiny to Racial Classifications in College Admissions |
2 Georgetown Journal of Law & Modern Critical Race Perspectives 53 (Spring, 2010) |
In March of 2009, the Supreme Court broke its twenty-two year silence regarding affirmative action programs in public employment. In Ricci v. DeStefano, one Latino and seventeen White firefighters brought suit against New Haven, Connecticut (the City) in the wake of a fire department examination to assess the eligibility of its firemen for; Search Snippet: ...Law & Modern Critical Race Perspectives Spring, 2010 Note DISRUPTING IMPLICIT RACIAL BIASES IN THE WORKPLACE: RETHINKING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN THE WAKE... |
2010 |
| William Y. Chin |
Diversity Is Dead. Long Live Diversity: the Racial Isolation Prong of Kennedy's Pics Concurrence in Fisher and Beyond |
6 Florida A & M University Law Review 49 (Fall 2010) |
Racial and ethnic diversity in the intelligence community enhances U.S. national security. But a history of homogeneity in the intelligence community has undermined national security. The failure to maximize the benefits of a pluralistic population led to a dearth of diverse intelligence personnel that helped account for the failure to fully; Search Snippet: ...Modern Praxis Article DIVERSITY IN THE AGE OF TERROR: HOW RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY IN THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ENHANCES NATIONAL... |
2010 |
| Anders Walker |
Dividing up the Vote |
50 Santa Clara Law Review 647 (2010) |
Diversity's days may be numbered. Though the Supreme Court's recent ruling in Ricci v. DeStefano did not target schools, it coincided ominously with the Court's holding in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1, which did. In both cases, the Court held that local authorities, whether school board members or fire; Search Snippet: ...Clara Law Review 2010 Article DIVERSITY'S STRANGE CAREER: RECOVERING THE RACIAL PLURALISM OF LEWIS F. POWELL, JR. Anders Walker [FNa1] Copyright... |
2010 |
| Ruqaiijah Yearby |
Does Unconscious Racial Bias Affect Trial Judges? |
19 Annals of Health Law 57 (Special Edition 2010) |
In 1985, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Services (HHS) issued a landmark report that exposed the persistence of racial disparities in the U.S. healthcare system. Unfortunately, twenty-five years later, racial disparities in healthcare continue to persist. For example, since 1985, more African-Americans have died from coronary; Search Snippet: ...YEARS MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN UNEQUAL TREATMENT?: THE PERSISTENCE OF RACIAL DISPARITIES IN HEALTH CARE THEN AND NOW Ruqaiijah Yearby [FNa1... |
2010 |
| Ausberto Moreno Arocho |
El Significado De "Igualdad": La Evolución De La Igualdad Racial En Los Estados Unidos |
5 Revista Clave, Revista de Estudios Criticos del Derecho 79 (2010) |
El tema del discrimen racial en los Estados Unidos ha generado grandes debates dentro y fuera del Tribunal Supremo federal. Una de las primeras formas en que se manifestó el discrimen fue con la esclavitud. En los inicios de la Constitución no hubo consenso entre los constituyentes con respecto al tema de la esclavitud. Incluso, se aprobó una; Search Snippet: ...Redactores Invitados EL ROL DEL TRIBUNAL SUPREMO EN EL DISCRIMEN RACIAL Ausberto Moreno Arocho [FN1] Copyright © 2010 by Revista Clave, Revista... |
2010 |
| Brandon M. Stump |
From Slave Codes to Educational Racism: Urban Education Policy in the United States as the Dispossession, Containment, Dehumanization, and Disenfranchisement of Black Peoples |
112 West Virginia Law Review 1095 (Spring, 2010) |
I. Introduction. 1096 II. The Similar Experiences of American Blacks and White Appalachians. 1100 A. Into the Mountains. 1100 B. White and Black Savages: A Tale of Two Stereotypes. 1102 C. The Housing Conditions of Blacks and Appalachian Whites. 1104 D. The Importance of Color: Blacks Were Black and Appalachians Were White. 1105 E. Conclusion; Search Snippet: ...2010 Student Work FROM RECONSTRUCTION TO OBAMA: UNDERSTANDING BLACK INVISIBILITY, RACISM IN APPALACHIA, AND THE LEGAL COMMUNITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO PROMOTE A... |
2010 |
| Justin D. Levinson , Huajian Cai , Danielle Young |
Gun Control and Racism |
8 Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law 187 (Fall, 2010) |
Legal scholarship on racial discrimination has turned to the science of implicit social cognition to explain how the human mind automatically manifests biases against disfavored social groups. Much of this discourse on implicit bias focuses on the potential for massive, but hard to detect discrimination in the employment context. Yet, other legal; Search Snippet: ...Journal of Criminal Law Fall, 2010 Commentarie GUILTY BY IMPLICIT RACIAL BIAS: THE GUILTY/NOT GUILTY IMPLICIT ASSOCIATION TEST Justin D... |
2010 |
| Kevin R. Johnson |
How the García Cousins Lost Their Accents: Understanding the Language of Title Vii Decisions Approving English-only Rules as the Product of Racial Dualism, Latino Invisibility, and Legal Indeterminacy |
98 Georgetown Law Journal 1005 (April, 2010) |
C1-3Table of Contents L1-2Introduction L31006 I. United States v. Brignoni-Ponce: Mexican Appearance [May Be] a Relevant Factor in Making an Immigration Stop. 1009 a. the historical backdrop. 1009 b. the stop. 1012 c. the district court. 1012 d. the court of appeals. 1014 e. the supreme court. 1015 1. The Briefs. 1016 2. Oral Argument. 1019 3; Search Snippet: ...GEORGETOWN LAW JOURNAL Georgetown Law Journal April, 2010 Essay HOW RACIAL PROFILING IN AMERICA BECAME THE LAW OF THE LAND: UNITED... |
2010 |
| Saren Stiegel |
However Kindly Intentioned: Structural Racism and Volunteer Casa Programs |
16 Public Interest Law Reporter Rep. 1 (Fall, 2010) |
Guy LeGrande, convicted of murder, wore a Superman t-shirt at his sentencing hearing. LeGrande also believed he was receiving signals from Oprah Winfrey and Dan Rather through the television. The jury got a further glimpse of his mental incompetency when LeGrande, whom the trial court had permitted to represent himself, told the panel during his; Search Snippet: ...SUPERMAN FROM A DEATH SENTENCE: COULD IT BE NORTH CAROLINA'S RACIAL JUSTICE ACT? Saren Stiegel Copyright © 2010 by Public Interest Law... |
2010 |
| Bryan Stevenson |
I'm a Real Boy: Imputing Racial Identity to Corporations for Racial Discrimination Standing |
37-FALL Human Rights Rts. 5 (Fall, 2010) |
Since Reconstruction, when Congress outlawed racial discrimination in jury service, 18 U.S.C. § 243, and the Supreme Court condemned the restriction of jury service to whites, Strauder v. West Virginia, 100 U.S. 303 (1880), in response to pressure for representative juries, the antidiscrimination struggle has shifted from challenging the total; Search Snippet: ...2010 WL 6849654 HUMAN RIGHTS Human Rights Fall, 2010 ILLEGAL RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN JURY SELECTION A Continuing Legacy Bryan Stevenson [FNa1... |
2010 |
| Gregory S. Parks , Jeffrey J. Rachlinski |
Implicit Injustice: Using Social Science to Combat Racism in the United States |
37 Florida State University Law Review 659 (Spring, 2010) |
The election of Barack Obama as the forty-fourth President of the United States signals that the traditional modes of thinking about race in America are outdated. Commentators and pundits have begun to suggest that the election of a black man to the nation's highest office means that the United States has entered a post-racial era in which civil... |
2010 |
| Roslyn Arlin Mickelson , Martha Bottia |
Integrating Racial Justice into the Civil Procedure Survey Course |
88 North Carolina Law Review 993 (March, 2010) |
Mastery of mathematics and science by this nation's youth is essential for the nation's future development as well as students' personal growth and economic well-being. Yet the performance of U.S. students in mathematics and science is unimpressive compared to other advanced industrialized nations. In addition, stark racial and socioeconomic status; Search Snippet: ...at Looking to the Future: Legal and Policy Options for Racially Integrated Education in the South and the Nation, April 2... |
2010 |
| Mary R. Rose, Christopher Ellison, and Shari Seidman Diamond |
Juror Competency to Testify That a Verdict Was the Product of Racial Bias |
93 Judicature 194 (March-April 2010) |
The jury is often the object of criticism, but a majority of Americans say that they prefer juries over judges as decision makers, at least in criminal cases. In one study, a sizable majority of Illinois residents said they would select a jury over a judge if they imagined they were on trial for murder, if they were accused of other serious crimes,... |
2010 |
| Brandon C. Pond |
Jury Discretion and Racism: the Stray from Furman and the Persistence of Racial Disparities in the Death Penalty |
2010 Brigham Young University Law Review 237 (2010) |
In the Tenth Circuit's recent decision United States v. Benally, the court held that post-verdict juror testimony of racist comments made by fellow jurors during deliberations is inadmissible under Federal Rule of Evidence 606(b) (Rule 606(b)). According to the court, Rule 606(b) stands as a nearly insurmountable obstacle to the admission of any; Search Snippet: ...Brigham Young University Law Review 2010 Note JUROR TESTIMONY OF RACIAL BIAS IN JURY DELIBERATIONS: UNITED STATES V. BENALLY AND THE... |
2010 |
| Marc Mauer |
Justice Kennedy's Stricter Scrutiny and the Future of Racial Diversity Promotion |
37-FALL Human Rights 14 (Fall, 2010) |
There are many indicators of the profound impact of disproportionate rates of incarceration in communities of color. Perhaps the most stark among these are the data generated by the U.S. Department of Justice that project that if current trends continue, one of every three black males born today will go to prison in his lifetime, as will one of... |
2010 |
| J. Thomas Sullivan |
Letting Doj Lead the Way: Why Doj's Pattern or Practice Authority Is the Most Effective Tool to Control Racial Profiling |
26 Harvard Journal on Racial & Ethnic Justice 113 (Spring 2010) |
It is important to recall what motivated Members of this Court at the genesis of our modern capital punishment case law. Furman v. Georgia was decided in an atmosphere suffused with concern about race bias in the administration of the death penalty--particularly in Southern States. --Graham v. Collins, Thomas, J., concurring This article; Search Snippet: ...of Criminal Justice LETHAL DISCRIMINATION 2: REPAIRING THE REMEDIES FOR RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN CAPITAL SENTENCING J. Thomas Sullivan [FNa1] Copyright ©... |
2010 |
| Ruqaiijah Yearby |
Litigious Uses of International Treaties to Determine Racial Status and its Consequences in Vichy France |
13 Journal of Health Care Law and Policy 325 (2010) |
Preface. 326 Introduction. 328 I. Empirical Data of Racial Inequities Due to Racial Discrimination. 336 A. Delay of Access to Nursing Home Services in a Reasonably Prompt Manner. 338 B. Denial of Admission to Quality Nursing Homes. 340 C. Inequities in the Quality of Nursing Home Care Provided to African Americans. 343 II. Civil Rights Failures in; Search Snippet: ...Leaders Article LITIGATION, INTEGRATION, AND TRANSFORMATION: USING MEDICAID TO ADDRESS RACIAL INEQUITIES IN HEALTH CARE Ruqaiijah Yearby [FNa1] Copyright (c) 2010... |
2010 |
| Lewis A. Grossman, American University |
Mark S. Weiner. Americans Without Law: the Racial Boundaries of Citizenship. New York: New York University Press, 2006. X, 197 Pp. $45.00 (Cloth) |
28 Law and History Review 874 (August, 2010) |
One would expect any decent Jeopardy! contestant to be able to name a man who argued the most famous Supreme Court case of the late nineteenth century, wrote one of the best-selling novels of that era, and was celebrated by W. E. B. Dubois's Niagara Movement as one of three great Friends of Freedom (along with William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick; Search Snippet: ...ELLIOTT, COLOR-BLIND JUSTICE: ALBION TOURGÉE AND THE QUEST FOR RACIAL EQUALITY FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO PLESSY v. FERGUSON, NEW... |
2010 |
| Samuel Brenner |
Negro Blood in His Veins: the Development and Disappearance of the Doctrine of Defamation per Se by Racial Misidentification in the American South |
50 Santa Clara Law Review 333 (2010) |
After losing a 2003 election for New York City Council for the 49th District (Staten Island), Independent Party candidate Dr. John Johnson brought suit against the Staten Island Advance, alleging, among other complaints, that the newspaper had defamed him by publishing a picture of a different Reverend John Johnson above his name, and so; Search Snippet: ...AND DISAPPEARANCE OF THE DOCTRINE OF DEFAMATION PER SE BY RACIAL MISIDENTIFICATION IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH Samuel Brenner [FNaa1] Copyright ©... |
2010 |
| John A. Powell, Caitlin Watt |
Negrophobia and Reasonable Racism |
11 Journal of Law in Society 31 (Fall, 2009/Winter, 2010) |
I. Introduction II. The Process of Race A. Moving Toward Whiteness B. Defining Whiteness as Private and Individual C. Whiteness as Exclusion III. The Process of Creating and Recreating Race: How Race is Constructed A. Mental Processes Construct Race B. Race is in Our Structure C. Systems i. Relationships ii. Causation iii. Feedback loops iv; Search Snippet: ...Society Fall, 2009/Winter, 2010 NEGOTIATING THE NEW POLITICAL AND RACIAL ENVIRONMENT John A. Powell Caitlin Watt [FNa1] Copyright © 2010 by... |
2010 |
| Kamille Wolff |
Out Yet Unseen: a Racial Critique of Gay and Lesbian Legal Theory and Political Discourse |
18 American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law 747 (2010) |
I. Introduction. 748 II. Self-Identity and Ethnicity. 750 A. Self-Identity Viewed Through the Immigrant Lens. 750 B. Self-Identity and Nationality. 752 C. Self-Identity in the Shape of Ethnic Consciousness. 756 III. Self-Identity and Culture. 764 A. Music as Cultural Expression. 764 1. Reggae and Reggaetón. 764 2. The Hip Hop Movement. 768 IV; Search Snippet: ...motto of Jamaica and is based on the nation's multi- racial roots. The motto appears on the Coat of Arms of... |
2010 |
| Deborah Jones Merritt |
Pills for Prejudice: Implicit Bias and Technical Fix for Racism |
85 Indiana Law Journal 1255 (Fall, 2010) |
There are two stories about racism in America. In the first story, we have moved far beyond our early sins of slavery and segregation. Students of color attend elite colleges and professional schools. They serve as doctors, lawyers, nonprofit leaders, and captains of industry. Signs no longer proclaim whites only, and children of all races... |
2010 |
| Ian F. Haney López |
Post-verdict Challenges to Racial Comments Made During Juror Deliberations |
98 California Law Review 1023 (June, 2010) |
The 2008 election of Barack Obama to the U.S. presidency is racially momentous. Few would gainsay that the elevation of an African American to the most powerful and most public position in our national life signals a remarkable step toward racial equality. But what exactly does Obama's election portend for race in America? This Essay uses the; Search Snippet: ...CALIFORNIA LAW REVIEW California Law Review June, 2010 Essay POST- RACIAL RACISM: RACIAL STRATIFICATION AND MASS INCARCERATION IN THE AGE OF OBAMA Ian... |
2010 |
| Lee Goldman |
Poverty, the Underclass, and the Role of Race Consciousness: a New Age Critique of Black Wealth/white Wealth and American Apartheid |
61 Syracuse Law Review Rev. 1 (2010) |
Introduction. 1 I. The Applicability of Federal Rule of Evidence 606(b) to Post-Verdict Juror Testimony of Racial Slurs Made During Juror Deliberations. 4 A. The Basic Rule. 4 B. Reasons to Reject an Interpretation of 606(b) That Would Allow Testimony of Racial Comments Made During Juror Deliberations. 4 1. Legislative History of Federal Rule of; Search Snippet: ...REVIEW Syracuse Law Review 2010 Articles POST-VERDICT CHALLENGES TO RACIAL COMMENTS MADE DURING JUROR DELIBERATIONS Lee Goldman [FNd1] Copyright ©... |
2010 |
| Roberto Concepción, Jr. |
Preferring White Lives: the Racial Administration of the Death Penalty in Maryland |
12 Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Minority Issues 523 (Spring 2010) |
I. Introduction. 524 II. The Fair Credit Reporting Act: The Backdrop of a Discriminatory Employment Practice. 527 III. Effectuating Disparate Impact Under the Guise of Job-Relatedness and Business Necessity. 529 A. Disparate Impact of Pre-Employment Credit Checks on Racial Minorities. 530 B. Pre-Employment Credit Checks Are Neither Job-Related nor; Search Snippet: ...2010 Articles PRE-EMPLOYMENT CREDIT CHECKS: EFFECTUATING DISPARATE IMPACT ON RACIAL MINORITIES UNDER THE GUISE OF JOB-RELATEDNESS AND BUSINESS NECESSITY... |
2010 |
| Kathryn Ladewski |
Preserving Racial Identity: Population Patterns and the Application of Anti-miscegenation Statutes to Asian Americans, 1910-1950 |
108 Michigan Law Review 577 (February, 2010) |
Many public and private universities around the country employ legacy admissions preferences in order to give children of alumni special consideration in the admissions process. Such preferences disproportionately benefit white applicants at the cost of their nonwhite counterparts, because past generations of college students were less diverse than; Search Snippet: ...LAW REVIEW Michigan Law Review February, 2010 Note PRESERVING A RACIAL HIERARCHY: A LEGAL ANALYSIS OF THE DISPARATE RACIAL IMPACT OF LEGACY PREFERENCES IN UNIVERSITY ADMISSIONS Kathryn Ladewski [FNa1... |
2010 |
| Rebecca Wanzo |
Property First, Humanity Second: the Recognition of the Slave's Human Nature in Virginia Civil Law |
33 Washington University Journal of Law and Policy 75 (2010) |
On an April morning in 2007, one of the kings of radio rose and went to greet his subjects. Don Imus was courted by politicians and writers for thirty years, and no doubt began the morning as any other day. Secure on his throne, he routinely aimed vitriol at those he thought deserving--or just for entertainment value. He also discussed serious news; Search Snippet: ...The Politics of Identity after Identity Politics PROMS AND OTHER RACIAL EPHEMERA: THE POSITIVE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE... |
2010 |
| Robert D. Crutchfield, April Fernandes, Jorge Martinez |
Racial and Ethnic Disparity: a Time to Remain Silent-- and a Time to Speak |
100 Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 903 (Summer 2010) |
Race differences in criminal involvement and racial patterns in the criminal justice system have been important topics since the beginning of American criminology. The question of whether there are meaningful racial disparities in the justice system has been important since the 1960s. In recent decades, a considerable literature focused on racial; Search Snippet: ...Symposium: A Century of Criminal Justice II. Justice in Action RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE: HOW MUCH IS TOO... |
2010 |