Settler Colonialism, Race, and the Law : Why Structural Racism Persists / Natsu Taylor Saito.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saito, Natsu Taylor, author.

Series:

Citizenship and migration in the Americas.

Citizenship and Migration in the Americas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Race discrimination.

Minorities--Legal status, laws, etc--United States--History.

Minorities.

Racism--United States--History.

Racism.

Indigenous peoples--Legal status, laws, etc--United States--History.

Indigenous peoples.

Decolonization--United States--History.

Decolonization.

United States--Race relations--History.

United States.

United States--Colonization--History.

United States--Territorial expansion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press [2020].

Summary:

Settler Colonialism, Race, and the Law' provides a timely analysis of structural racism at the intersection of law and colonialism. Noting the grim racial realities still confronting communities of color, and how they have not been alleviated by constitutional guarantees of equal protection, this book suggests that settler colonial theory provides a more coherent understanding of what causes and what can help remediate racial disparities.0Natsu Taylor Saito attributes the origins and persistence of racialized inequities in the United States to the prerogatives asserted by its predominantly Angloamerican colonizers to appropriate Indigenous lands and resources, to profit from the labor of voluntary and involuntary migrants, and to ensure that all people of color remain "in their place." 0By providing a functional analysis that links disparate forms of oppression, this book makes the case for the oft-cited proposition that racial justice is indivisible, focusing particularly on the importance of acknowledging and contesting the continued colonization of Indigenous peoples and lands. 'Settler Colonialism, Race, and the Law' concludes that rather than relying on promises of formal equality, we will more effectively dismantle structural racism in America by envisioning what the right of all peoples to self-determination means in a settler colonial state.

Contents:

Racial Realities

Unsettling Narratives

Settler Colonialism

Land and Indigenous Peoples

Enslaved Labor and Strategies of Subjugation

Emancipated? African Americans: Rights and Redundancy

Others of Color: Inclusions and Exclusions

Others of Color: Subordination and Manipulation

Constitutional Protection and the Dynamic of Difference

International Law and Human Rights

Decolonization and Self-Determination

Mapping New Worlds

Conclusion

Acknowledgements.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8147-0817-X

9780814723944 (cl.; acid-free paper)

OCLC:

1158023402