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Justice at war : civil liberties and civil rights during times of crisis / Richard Delgado ; foreword by Jennifer L. Hochschild

Author
Delgado, Richard
Published
New York : New York University Press, [2003]
Copyright Date
©2003
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiv, 219 pages)
Additional Creators
Hochschild, Jennifer L., 1950-
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Ten Months -- Introducing Rodrigo -- A Terrible Tale -- Rodrigo Returns -- Justice at War -- Taming Terrorism -- Interracial Love, Sex, and Marriage -- Remembering and Forgetting -- Hate Speech, Free Speech: Speech as Struggle -- The Trouble with Principle -- On Causation and Displaced Rage: Forgetting What Provoked Your Indignation in the First Place -- Selling Short: The Rise and Fall of African American Fortunes -- Black Exceptionalism: Two Mistakes.
Summary
The status of civil rights in the United States today is as volatile an issue as ever, with many Americans wondering if new laws, implemented after the events of September 11, restrict more people than they protect. How will efforts to eradicate racism, sexism, and xenophobia be affected by the measures our government takes in the name of protecting its citizens?. Richard Delgado, one of the founding figures in the Critical Race Theory movement, addresses these problems with his latest book in the award-winning Rodrigo Chronicles . Employing the narrative device he and other Critical Race theo.
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ISBN
9780814721179 (electronic bk.)
0814721176 (electronic bk.)
9781417588190 (electronic bk.)
1417588195 (electronic bk.)
9780814719558
0814719554
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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