Destabilizing racial classifications based on insights gleaned from trademark law

Article Abstract:

Analogy to trademark law offers solutions to the problematic binary system of race classification in the US by exposing and deconstructing the notion of whiteness as a property right. Maintaining the racial dichotomy between blacks and whites preserves whiteness as the position of privilege and blackness as the marginalized other. Promotion of multi-racial categories would make racial identification generic and would destroy the value of marking as a way of protecting the property right of being white. Ethnic identities could be retained because of the benefits of voluntary identification.

Race relations, Trademarks, Race awareness, Ethnicity

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What if Latinos really mattered in the public policy debate?

Article Abstract:

The role of Latinos in the public policy debate, particularly in areas such as civil rights and immigration, is often problematic. Analogies to other ethnic groups fall short, and the relevance of Latinos in framing public policy questions is uncertain. A comparison of Latinos and African-American experiences in US immigration policy is presented as an example.

Political aspects, Hispanic Americans, Public policy (Law), Critical race theory (Law)

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