HI See the following symposium for some perspectives on how Latinas/os experience race, ethnicity, etc. in America. Yes, the experience of Latinas/os in America is different than that of African-Americans, just as the experience of Asian Americans is different. However, this does mean that race does not matter for them, just that it operates in different ways.
Sympoisum: LatCrit: Latinas/os and the Law, A Joint Symposium by California Law Review and La Raza Law Journal, Volume 10 of Berkeley La Raza Law Journal (1998). yb ********************************************* Professor Yvette M. Barksdale Associate Professor of Law The John Marshall Law School 315 S. Plymouth Ct. Chicago, IL 60604 (312) 427-2737 (email:) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***************************************************** > ---------- > From: David Bernstein[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply To: Discussion list for con law professors > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 3:13 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Puzzles re: Grutter and Korematsu - hispanics and segregated > schools > > I agree with the below, though obviously reasonable people can disagree on the > remedy. The below is why I think the case for affirmative action for African > Americans is a very serious one. Where we perhaps disagree is over whether Latinos > are "raced" in anything near the same way as African Americans. High rates of > intermarriage, self-identification as whites or as members of country specific > immigrant groups (Cuban Americans, Mexican Americans, etc., not "Hispanics"), wide > variation in economic success among groups from different countries, etc., suggests > not. Perhaps there is social science data to prove me wrong that I haven't seen, but > I don't think that most whites or most Latinos think of Latinos as being a minority > "race," and even fewer would if government and universities didn't insist on > classifying them as such. A related observation is that most discussions of > affirmative action begin with a disclaimer that the programs at issue don't apply > only to African! Americans, but then the discussion proceeds as if they do (see Schuck's otherwise wonderful book for an excellent example). > > In a message dated 6/27/2003 3:54:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > writes: > > > > I think the problem is the confusion of race discrimination with economic > disadvantage. Race is not simply an economic class problem, i.e., that minorities > are disproprotionately poorer and thus have fewer advantages. Rather, race > discrimination is a race problem. Minorities are disadvantaged because of the > society's attitudes about race, and they are racially disadvantaged, even if they > neverthelesss manage to become more affluent, or integrated, etc. Race still affects > their lives. And it affects their lives no matter how much they might want to ignore > race. Other people race them, regardless of whether they want to be raced or not. > > > >
