Race, Law, and Higher Education in the Colorblind Era - Critical Investigations Into Race-Related Supreme Court Disputes

This book provides detailed analysis of Supreme Court judgments which have impacted the rights of minorities in relation to higher education, and so illustrates ongoing issues of racial discrimination throughout the American education sector.

Sommario

• Preface
• Introduction

Section I: Foundations of Colorblindness, Whiteness, and Racial Subordination

• Chapter 1 - Judicial Colorblindness and the Problem of Racism
• Chapter 2 - Commitments: Of Methods and Interpretation
• Chapter 3 - A Historical Synergy: Law, Whiteness, and the Hegemony of Racial Subordination

Section II: Revisiting and Revising 'Settled' History

• Chapter 4 - The Politics and Whiteness of Brown v. Board of Education
• Chapter 5 - (Un)Equal Protection and Disproportionate Harm to Minorities
• Chapter 6 - Affirmative Action = Discrimination (to whites) in the Colorblind Era

Section III: Critical Contemporary Perspectives

• Chapter 7 - After Fisher v. University of Texas: Racial Justice or Whiteness Rising?
• Chapter 8 - Diversity Trending Up, Affirmative Action on Life Support, and the Perilous Status of Asian Americans
• Chapter 9 - Future Directions

Selected bibliography

Info autore

Hoang Vu Tran is an Assistant Professor of Curriculum, Culture, and Educational Inquiry in the College of Education at Florida Atlantic University, USA.

Riassunto

This book provides detailed analysis of Supreme Court judgments which have impacted the rights of minorities in relation to higher education, and so illustrates ongoing issues of racial discrimination throughout the American education sector.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Hoang Vu Tran, Hoang Vu Tran
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9780367785826
• ISBN: 978-0-367-78582-6
• Pagine: 160
• Serie: Routledge Research in Higher Education
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Corsi per adulti; USA, Ethnic Studies, EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, United States of America, USA, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, Education law, Education & the law