Reproducing racism : white space, elite law schools, and racial inequality / Wendy Leo Moore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moore, Wendy Leo, 1971-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Study and teaching--Social aspects--United States.

Law.

Law schools--Social aspects--United States.

Law schools.

African American law students.

Racism--United States.

Racism.

Social aspects.

Law--Study and teaching--Social aspects.

Law--Study and teaching.

United States.

Physical Description:

xvi, 199 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2008]

Summary:

Law schools serve as gateway institutions into one of the most politically powerful social fields: the law profession. Reproducing Racism: White Space, Elite Law Schools, and Racial Inequality is an examination of white privilege and power in two elite U.S. law schools. Wendy Leo Moore examines how racial structures, racialized everyday practices, and racial discourses actually function in law schools.

Contents:

Introduction: Georgetown "Dixie"

White space

The imperious law school: the deep structure of white institutional space

Selective legal memory and the discourse of abstract individualism

We give them the moon, but still they complain: color-blind racism in the law schools

"Wow, you are really articulate!": law students of color negotiating white space

Still asking too much

Conclusion: in the elephant

Appendix: Research method

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-190) and index.

ISBN:

9780742560055

0742560058

9780742560062

0742560066

OCLC:

155123382