Coalitions and Collective Memories: A Search for Common Ground
Mercer Law Review Vol. 58, No. 2
Florida International University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 17-13
29 Pages Posted: 7 Jul 2017
Date Written: 2007
Abstract
The following pages explore this contemporary debate, and ultimately sides in favor of inter-minority group coalitions, as they may be effective democratic vehicles towards social change. Part II examines the argument in favor of inter-minority group coalitions. Part III addresses the challenges to those positions, including the arguments posed by leading skeptics. Finally, Part IV rejects the cynicism associated with coalitions and proposes a concrete point of commonality that may help forge much needed common ground for many racial and ethnic outsider groups.
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