Race, rights, and the Asian American experience / Angelo N. Ancheta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ancheta, Angelo N., 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asian Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.

Asian Americans.

Asian Americans--Civil rights.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

List of Tables

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface to the First Edition

A Note on Terms

Introduction: Neither Black nor White

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

About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-200) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-24429-5

9786611244293

0-8135-4007-0

OCLC:

476144483