Whitelash: Unmasking White Grievance at the Ballot Box

ISBN-13: 9781108426725 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 300 str.

Terry Smith

Opis

Questions if voters would vote differently if it were illegal to discriminate in voting? How can courts enforce such a prohibition?

Recenzje

'… Whitelash is a provocative read… both novices to the study of race and the law, as well as seasoned veterans, will find much to engage. Read Whitelash to understand how the phenomena of racial backlash is not confined to the US.' Matthew W. Hughey, Ethnic and Racial Studies

Spis treści

Introduction: the long night of déjà vu; 1. Electing Trump and breaching norms; 2. The exoneration of white voters; 3. White voters and the law of alternative facts; 4. The sirens of white nationalism; 5. Law as pretext; 6. Voting while white; 7. Holding candidates and parties accountable; 8. We the people: fashioning a legal remedy for voter whitelash; Conclusion: the globalization of whitelash.