Rodrigo's Fifteenth Chronicle: Racial Mixture, Latino-Critical Scholarship, and the Black-White Binary
18 Pages Posted: 9 Jul 2012
There are 2 versions of this paper
Rodrigo's Fifteenth Chronicle: Racial Mixture, Latino-Critical Scholarship, and the Black-White Binary
Rodrigo's Fifteenth Chronicle: Racial Mixture, Latino-Critical Scholarship, and the Black-White Binary
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: Suggested Citation