Rodrigo's Fifteenth Chronicle: Racial Mixture, Latino-Critical Scholarship, and the Black-White Binary

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Richard Delgado

Seattle University School of Law

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Date Written: April 1, 1997

Abstract

Uses the biography of a Mexican American federal judge as catalyst to discuss current legal problems facing Latinos. Explains the black-white binary paradigm of racial discourse and lawmaking, the notion that American civil rights proceeds according to a dichotomous structure that marginalizes those falling outside the two main groups, blacks and whites. Lays out further theoretical and practical consequences for Latinos caught outside the binary and suggests future inquiries for Latino critical scholars.

Keywords: Latinos and the law, LatCrit scholarship, civil rights, black-white binary paradigm, critical race theory

Suggested Citation

Delgado, Richard, Rodrigo's Fifteenth Chronicle: Racial Mixture, Latino-Critical Scholarship, and the Black-White Binary (April 1, 1997). Texas Law Review, Vol. 75, 1997, Seattle University School of Law Research Paper, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2102688

Richard Delgado (Contact Author)

Seattle University School of Law ( email )

WA
United States

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