Affirmative action, hate speech, and tenure : narratives about race, law, and the academy / Benjamin Baez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baez, Benjamin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Affirmative action programs in education--Law and legislation--United States.

Affirmative action programs in education.

Discrimination in higher education--Law and legislation--United States.

Discrimination in higher education.

Hate speech--United States.

Hate speech.

Minority college teachers--Tenure--United States.

Minority college teachers.

Race discrimination--Law and legislation--United States.

Race discrimination.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (397 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Uniquely positioned as both a scholar and an attorney, Benjamin Baez provides a thought-provoking exploration on the current debate surrounding race and academic institutions.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Permissions and Releases; 1. Race and Law in the Academy: Hate Speech, Tenure, and Affirmative Action; Hate Comes to Campus; Tenure, Race, and the Courts; Affirmative Action in the Academy; Race Politics; 2. Discourse, Ideology, and Power: Discursive Practices in Academe and Law; Law as a Discursive Practice; Law and Violence; Ideology and Interpellation; Truth and Power; Race and the Academy; 3. Hate Speech and the Power of Words; R.A.V. and "Burning" Speech; Words and Contexts; Words and Pain

Words and MarketsWords and Deeds; 4. Tenure and "Intentions"; Race and Tenure: A Study; The Academy and the Politics of Judicial Noninterference; Tenure, Merit, and Racism; Perpetrators and Victims: Agency and Structure; 5. The Stories We Tell: Law, Race, and Affirmative Action; Affirmative Action and the Supreme Court; Affirmative Action and College Admissions; The Affirmative Action Stories; The Affirmative Action Stories: "Violence of the Word"; 6. Race and the Politics of the Axiomatic; Narratives and Court Speech: Axiomatic; Race Projects, the State, and Rights: Axiomatic

Race and Knowledge: AxiomaticAppendices; Appendix A; The Hate Speech Cases; Appendix B; The Tenure Cases; Appendix C; The Affirmative Action Cases; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

First published 2002 by RoutledgeFalmer.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-198) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-415-92965-2

1-315-02333-4

1-136-69936-8

1-136-69929-5

9781315023335

OCLC:

869795628