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Apr 19, 2024
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LAW 3911 - Race and the Law
This seminar will explore the role the law has played in race relations in America, from the slave codes used to legalize racial hierarchy, to the Supreme Court’s recent affirmative action in education cases. It will discuss the citizenship cases that determined who was white for the purposes of securing citizenship, the role race played in the Japanese internment cases, the recent (and recurring) debate over immigration, race and crime matters, issues concerning race and terrorism, residential segregation, as well as issues concerning the intersections of law, race, gender and sexuality. In exploring these issues, we will draw on the scholarship of a number of critical race theorists, including Derrick Bell, Richard Delgado, Cheryl Harris, Patricia Williams, and Kimberle Williams Crenshaw. My hope is that the seminar will provide an opportunity for us to challenge – critically and collegially – basic assumptions about race, law, and equality.
The format of the course is a combination of presentations and discussion. The course requirement may be satisfied either by a research paper (which satisfies Writing Requirement I), several shorter papers (which satisfy Writing Requirement II) or by a final examination.
Credits: 2
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