AAS 205

Eric Mar

 

ANCHETA Main Points

 

Chapter 1 –

Examples of exclusion & subordination

JA internment cases

Due Process and the US constitution

 

Chapter 2 –

Perspectives on the courts and US legal system – double-edged sword; conservative nature of the law/legal system

US institutions – mass media, etc.

Racism and anti-discrimination law – equal protection

Standards of review – how the courts analyze discrimination cases [race, gender, national origin, immigration status]

 

Chapter 3 –

Looking like the enemy

Racialization – foreigner/immigrant

Japanese American internment

Vietnamese fishermen

Nativism & anti-immigrant sentiment today