Race, Rights, and the Asian American Experience / Edition 2

by Angelo N Ancheta

Overview

In Race, Rights, and the Asian American Experience, Angelo N. Ancheta demonstrates how United States civil rights laws have been framed by a black-white model of race that typically ignores the experiences of other groups, including Asian Americans. When racial discourse is limited to antagonisms between black and white, Asian Americans often find themselves in a racial limbo, marginalized or unrecognized as full participants.

Ancheta examines legal and social theories of racial discrimination, ethnic differences in the Asian American population, nativism, citizenship, language, school desegregation, and affirmative action. In the revised edition of this influential book, Ancheta also covers post-9/11 anti-Asian sentiment and racial profiling. He analyzes recent legal cases involving political empowerment, language rights, human trafficking, immigrant rights, and affirmative action in higher education-many of which move the country farther away from the ideals of racial justice. On a more positive note, he reports on the progress Asian Americans have made in the corporate sector, politics, the military, entertainment, and academia.

A skillful mixture of legal theories, court cases, historical events, and personal insights, this revised edition brings fresh insights to U.S. civil rights from an Asian American perspective.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813539027
Publisher:	Rutgers University Press
Publication date:	10/18/2006
Edition description:	Second Edition, Second Edition, Revised and Updated
Pages:	207
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

ANGELO N. ANCHETA is an assistant professor at the Santa Clara University School of Law. He has practiced civil rights and immigration law in California and has taught at Harvard Law School, New York University School of Law, and UCLA School of Law.

Table of Contents

List of Tables
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
A Note on Terms
Introduction
Chapter 1  Legacies of Discrimination
Chapter 2  Discrimination and Antidiscrimination Law
Chapter 3  Looking Like the Enemy
Chapter 4  Race, Immigration, and Citizenship
Chapter 5  Language and Legal Conformity
Chapter 6  Race and Identity 
Chapter 7  Law and Racial Hierarchy
Conclusion
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Table of Cases Cited in the Text
Index 

Editorial Reviews

"This book is the future ... Angelo N. Ancheta is one of the first writers to offer us a new and necessary understanding of our increasing diversity. His work is an excellent introduction to the role of Asian Americans in the social, political, and legal debates of the day."

Wayne State University Law School - Frank H. Wu

"This book is the future ... Angelo N. Ancheta is one of the first writers to offer us a new and necessary understanding of our increasing diversity. His work is an excellent introduction to the role of Asian Americans in the social, political, and legal debates of the day."

From the Publisher

Ancheta's insightful, thorough, and highly readable book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of both the Asian American experience in particular and the persistence of racially subordinative policies in the post-civil rights era in general...it is an ambitious book that delivers on its promise.
— Political Science Quarterly

Claire Jean Kim