Racial Subordination in Latin America: The Role of the State, Customary Law, and the New Civil Rights Response
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (622 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1107695430 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 258 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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In 2011, Professor Hernández was named a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, and in 2009 she was elected to the American Law Institute. She received her AB from Brown University and her JD from Yale Law School, where she served as Note Topics Editor of the Yale Law Journal. Professor Hernández serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Legal Education, and the Latino Studies Journal published by Palgrave-Macmillian. P
"A Thorough, Insightful Summary" according to Mirangela Buggs. This is groundbreaking, brilliant work that contextualizes and summarizes Latin American racial politics-- particularly the racial subordination of Afro-Latin@s-- through the lenses of history, law, custom, state practices and social movements. A must read for scholars and students of Latin America and for U.S.-based thinkers to expand their understanding of race, racism, and racial struggle in a comparative and trans-American light.. A satisfied customer Great book in great condition
This book is a crucial corrective for anyone interested in race in Latin America. "A hard-hitting, tightly argued examination of present-day racial inequality in Latin America, the roots of that inequality in 19th- and 20th-century state policies, and current efforts to overcome that historical legacy. Hernandez now compels us to rethink how apparently progressive national ideologies and cultural norms continue to structure deep-seated racism and inequality in modern societies, despite the absence of legal structures." Edward E.
Therefore, the book has a particular relevance for the contemporary U.S. There are approximately 150 million people of African descent in Latin America yet Afro-descendants have been consistently marginalized as undesirable elements of the society. racial context in which Jim Crow laws have long been abolished and a "post-racial" rhetoric undermines the commitment to racial equality laws and policies amidst a backdrop of continued inequality.. Latin America has nevertheless long prided itself on its absence of U.S.-styled state-mandated Jim Crow racial segregation laws. This book disrupts the traditional narrative of Latin America's legally benign racial past by comprehensively examining the existence of customary laws of racial regulation and the historic complicity of Latin American states in erecting and sustaining racial hierarchies. Tanya Katerí Hernández is the first author to consider the salience of the customary law of race regulation for the contemporary development of racial equality laws across the region