Whitelash : unmasking white grievance at the ballot box / Terry Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Terry, 1964- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Election law--Political aspects--United States.

Election law.

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

Race discrimination.

Race discrimination--Law and legislation.

Presidents.

United States.

Presidents--United States--Election--2016.

United States--Politics and government--2017-2021.

Politics and government.

United States--Race relations--Political aspects.

Race relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 289 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

If postmortems of the 2016 US presidential election tell us anything, it's that many voters discriminate on the basis of race, which raises an important question: in a society that outlaws racial discrimination in employment, housing, and jury selections, should voters be permitted to racially discriminate in selecting a candidate for public office? In Whitelash, Terry Smith argues that such racialized decision-making is unlawful and that remedies exist to deter this reactionary behavior. Using evidence of race-based voting in the 2016 presidential election, Smith deploys legal analogies to demonstrate how courts can decipher when groups of voters have been impermissibly influenced by race, and impose appropriate remedies. This groundbreaking work should be read by anyone interested in how the legal system can re-direct American democracy away from the ongoing electoral scourge that many feared 2016 portended.

Contents:

Introduction: The Long Night of Deja Vu

Electing Trump and Breaching Norms

The Exoneration of White Voters

White Voters and the Law of Alternative Facts

The Sirens of White Nationalism

Law as Pretext

Voting While White

Holding Candidates and Parties Accountable

We the People: Fashioning a Legal Remedy for Voter Whitelash

Conclusion : The Globalization of Whitelash.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2020).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781108698412

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.