The Rodrigo Chronicles, Latina/Os and Racial Oppression: A Blueprint for the Next Generation

Posted: 7 Dec 2001

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Kevin R. Johnson

University of California, Davis - School of Law

Abstract

The Harvard Latino Law Review deserves praise for honoring Professor Richard Delgado's Rodrigo Chronicles with a symposium issue. The Chronicles, published in three books and the most elite law reviews in the United States, analyze the most pressing social issues of our times. Through a fascinating dialogue between the young radical Rodrigo and his mentor, the liberal Professor, the Chronicles offer deep insights on many modern intellectual debates and presents them in an accessible way, with flashes of brilliance regularly interspersed. Importantly, the Chronicles represent a virtually unprecedented skein of publication successes, thereby maximizing the exposure of Delgado's insightful analysis. The modest hope of this article is to highlight three of the extraordinary aspects of the Rodrigo Chronicles, that is, (1) demonstrating the ambiguity and fallacy of the social construction known as "race"; (2) the study of issues of particular concern to the Latino/a community, especially immigration law and civil rights matters affecting latina/os; and (3) showing that the subordination of all racial minorities - African Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans, and other racial minorities - is deeply inter-related in a complex web.

Keywords: Race, Civil Rights, Immigration, Latinos, Latinas, Race Relations, Citizenship

Suggested Citation

Johnson, Kevin R., The Rodrigo Chronicles, Latina/Os and Racial Oppression: A Blueprint for the Next Generation. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=290948

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