Critical Race Feminism : A Reader

by Wing, Adrien Katherine; Delgado, Richard; Bell, Derrick

• ISBN13: 9780814793947
• ISBN10: 0814793940
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: New York University Press

Summary

View the Table of Contents. Read the Introduction.This second edition is consistently good, and frequently stellar. The volume's organization showcases the fruits of vigorous constructive criticism.--ChoiceNow in its second edition, the acclaimed anthology Critical Race Feminism presents over 40 readings on the legal status of women of color by leading authors and scholars such as Anita Hill, Lani Guinier, Kathleen Neal Cleaver, and Angela Harris. This second edition features 25 new essays and a new introduction by Adrien Katherine Wing.Critical Race Feminism gives voice to African American, Latina, Asian, Native American, and Arab women, both heterosexual and lesbian. Both a forceful statement and a platform for change, the anthology addresses an ambitious range of subjects, from life in the workplace and motherhood to sexual harassment, domestic violence, and other criminal justice issues. Extending beyond national borders, the volume tackles global issues such as the rights of Muslim women, immigration, multiculturalism, and global capitalism.Revealing how the historical experiences and contemporary realities of women of color are profoundly influenced by a legacy of racism and sexism that is neither linear nor logical, Critical Race Feminism serves up a panoramic perspective, illustrating how women of color can find strength in the face of oppression.

Table of Contents

Foreword to the Second Edition by Richard Delgado	xiii
Foreword to the First Edition by Derrick Bell	xvii
Acknowledgments to the Second Edition	xxi
Acknowledgments to the First Edition	xxiii
Introduction	1	(22)
Adrien Katherine Wing
PART 1 Essentialism and Antiessentialism: Ain't I a Woman?
1 Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory, and Antiracist Politics	23	(11)
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
2 Race and Essentialism in Feminist Legal Theory	34	(8)
Angela P. Harris
3 Black Women and the Constitution: Finding Our Place, Asserting Our Rights	42	(6)
Judy Scales-Trent
4 Racism, Civil Rights, and Feminism	48	(9)
Kathleen Neal Cleaver
5 Latinas-Everywhere Alien: Culture, Gender, and Sex	57	(13)
Berta Esperanza Hernández-Truyol
6 Máscaras, Trenzas, y Greñas: Unmasking the Self while Un/braiding Latina Stories and Legal Discourse	70	(8)
Margaret E. Montoya
7 Mrs. Dred Scott	78	(13)
Lea S. Vandervelde and Sandhya L. Subramanian
PART II Outsiders in the Academy and Profession
8 A Social History of Everyday Practice: Sadie T.M. Alexander and the Incorporation of Black Women into the American Legal Profession, 1925-1960	91	(10)
Kenneth W. Mack
9 A Tribute to Thurgood Marshall: A Man Who Broke with Tradition on Issues of Race and Gender	101	(5)
Anita F. Hill
10 Of Gentlemen and Role Models	106	(8)
Lani Guinier
11 It Is Better to Speak	114	(6)
Angela D. Gilmore
12 Failing to Mentor Sapphire: The Actionability of Blocking Black Women from Initiating Mentoring Relationships	120	(11)
Pamela J. Smith
13 The Politics of Pedagogy: Confessions of a Black Woman Law Professor	131	(9)
Deborah Waire Post
14 An Open Letter to Pierre Schlag	140	(9)
Maria Grahn-Farley
15 Transforming Silence: The Personal, Political, and Pedagogical Prism of Abortion Narrative	149	(10)
Pamela D. Bridgewater
PART III On Mothering or Not
16 Spare Parts, Family Values, Old Children, Cheap	159	(8)
Patricia J. Williams
17 Punishing Drug Addicts Who Have Babies: Women of Color, Equality, and the Right of Privacy	167	(9)
Dorothy E. Roberts
18 Transracial Adoption: Mothers, Hierarchy, Race, and Feminist Legal Theory	176	(10)
Twila L. Perry
19 Polygamy in Black America	186	(11)
Adrien Katherine Wing
PART IV Criminality
20 Against Drug Use	197	(12)
Anita L. Allen
21 At the Intersection of Injustice: Experiences of African American Women in Crime and Sentencing	209	(10)
Paula C. Johnson
22 Rosa Lopez, Christopher Darden, and Me: Issues of Gender, Ethnicity, and Class in Evaluating Witness Credibility	219	(9)
Maria L. Ontiveros
23 Gender, Race, and Mental Illness: The Case of Wanda Jean Allen	228	(10)
Michele Goodwin
24 Erasing Race? A Critical Race Feminist View of Internet Identity Shifting	238	(12)
Margaret Chon
25 Male Fraud	250	(11)
Lisa C. Ikemoto
PART V Domestic Violence
26 Mules, Madonnas, Babies, Bathwater, Racial Imagery, and Stereotypes: The African-American Woman and the Battered Woman Syndrome	261	(9)
Linda L. Amnions
27 Availability of Domestic Violence Services for Latina Survivors in New York State: Preliminary Report	270	(8)
Jenny Rivera
28 Domestic Violence and Tribal Protection of Indigenous Women in the United States	278	(9)
Gloria Valencia-Weber and Christine P. Zuni
29 Enhancing Autonomy for Battered Women: Lessons from Navajo Peacemaking	287	(14)
Donna Coker
PART VI Working
30 Sapphire Bound!	301	(8)
Regina Austin
31 A Hair Piece: Perspectives on the Intersection of Race and Gender	309	(9)
Paulette M. Caldwell
32 The Fifth Black Woman	318	(10)
Devon W. Carbado and Mitu Gulati
33 Toward a Global Critical Feminist Vision: Domestic Work and the Nanny Tax Debate	328	(11)
Taunya Lovell Banks
34 Race, Class, and Gender Essentialism in Tax Literature: The Joint Return	339	(10)
Dorothy A. Brown
35 Converging Stereotypes in Racialized Sexual Harassment: Where the Model Minority Meets Suzie Wong	349	(18)
Sumi K. Cho
36 Race, Gender, and Social Class in the Thomas Sexual Harassment Hearings: The Hidden Fault Lines in Political Discourse	367	(8)
Emma Coleman Jordan
PART VII On the Borders
37 Muslim Women's Rights in the Global Village: Challenges and Opportunities	375	(10)
Azizah Yahia al-Hibri
38 Public Benefits and Immigration: The Intersection of Immigration Status, Ethnicity, Gender, and Class	385	(10)
Kevin R. Johnson
39 Feminism versus Multiculturalism	395	(11)
Leti Volpe
40 Voices from the Barbed Wires of Despair: Women in the Maquiladoras, Latina Critical Legal Theory, and Gender at the U.S.-Mexico Border	406	(9)
Elvia R. Arriola
Selected Bibliography	415	(12)
About the Contributors	427	(8)
Index	435