Section I: Foundations of colorblindness, whiteness, and racial subordination -- Judicial colorblindness and the problem of racism -- Commitments : of methods and interpretation -- A historical synergy : law, whiteness, and the hegemony of racial subordination -- Section II: Revisiting and revising 'settled' history -- The politics and whiteness of Brown v. Board of Education -- (Un)equal protection and disproportionate harm to minorities -- Affirmative Action = discrimination (to whites) in the colorblind era -- Section III: Critical contemporary perspectives -- After Fisher v. University of Texas : racial justice or whiteness rising? -- Diversity trending up, Affirmative Action on life support, and the perilous status of Asian Americans -- Future directions.
Summary:
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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