Articles

Globalization, Human Rights and Critical Race Feminism: Voices from the Margins

I. Introduction II.Violence Againstwomen In Soutii Africa And Aboriginal Women In Auslralia A. SouthAfrica B. Australia III.Globalization And Feminist Intervention A. Our Global Neighborhood?: The Phenomenon ofGlobalization B. Hierarchies ofHuman Rights C. Women and Globalization D. Feminist Interventions in International Human Rights Discourse E. Violence Against Women: Global Strategies IV. Volces Prom The Margins: The Contribution Of A Critical Race Feminist Perspective V. Conclu...

Reproductive Freedom as Civil Freedom: The Thirteenth Amendment s Role in the Struggle for Reproductive Rights

I. Introduction. II. The Call. III. The Crisis. IV. The Search.V. The Challenge. VI. The Connection. VII. Conclusion.

Men in Black

I. Introduction: Where and When Black Men Enter.II. The Gendered Construction of Black Male Victimhood.III. Functional and Intentional Sexism.IV. The Heterosexist Construction of Black Racial Victtmhood.V. Linguistics and the Normaleaton of Gender and Sexuality. VI. Conclusion

Erasing Race?: A Critical Race Feminist View Of Internet Identity-Shifting

I. Introduction.II. The Internet: Decentralization, Intertextuality and Oversteer.III. Critical Standpoints: Feminist/Race Theories and Digital Identity.A. Virtual Gender: Feminist Perspectives on Internet Identity-Shifting.B. Race.IV. Toward a Critical Race Feminist Critique of the Internet.V. Conclusion

Women Defenders on Television:Representing Suspects and the Racial Politics of Retribution

I. Introduction.II. Television Matters.III. Women Defenders.IV. Crime and Justice on Television.A. "Americans Like Crime".B. Prime Time Defenders as the Enemy.C. Heroic Prime Time Defenders.V. The Prime Time Work of Heroic Women Defenders.A. The Softer, Gentler Hero.VI. Conclusion

Male Fraud

I.Introduction II.A. Meet "Velma Tang" B.Constructing Velma: Using SAFs to Confer Dominance C.Conflating Race and Nationality: Conferring Belonging 1. Conflating Race and Nationality 2. Constructing Stereotypes to Form Affiliation HI. Shifitng Identities, Aligning with the Law A.From Correspondents to Complainants B. Enter the Dragon Lady. IV.Law's Role in Legitimizing Stereotyping A.The Immigration Marriage Fraud Amendments: Echoes of the Page Law of 1875 B.Defending American Manhood C.Trian...

Crossing The River Of Blood Between Us:Lynching, Violence, Beauty, And The Paradox Of Feminist History

I. An Introduction to Lynching: First the Stories, Then the Pictures A. Family Ties to Violent Racial Etiquette B. Finding Barbaric Photographs in the National Family Album II. Crossing the Racial Divide in Feminist History A.The Racial Strategies of Early Feminists B.The Paradox of Subordination III. A Contested History: Agreeing to Disagree A.The Racial Contradictions of Jesse Daniels Ames, Anti-Lynching Crusader B. Can a Victim Be a Victimizer? IV.The Erasure of History A. Repressed Memory...

Cassandra And The "Sistahs": The Peculiar Treatment Of African American Women In The Myth Of Women As Liars

I.Introduction II. Women as Liars A. Five Forms of the Female Liar in Sexual Harassment Suits B. Essentialism III. Common Stereotypes of African American Women A. Mammy, Sapphire, Jezebel and Their Sisters B.The Newest Sibling: Cassandra 1. Anita Hill 2.Others a. Tawana Brawley b. Desiree Washington c. Unnamed Sisters in Contexts Unrelated to Sex IV. Exorcism: How Do We Purge Ourselves of This Curse?

Student Notes

Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress:Another Attempt at Eliminating Native American Mascots

I. Introduction. II. Background. A. Racial Imagery. B.The Impact of Native American Mascots. C.Other Attempts at a Remedy. in. Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress. A.Elements of Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress. B.Extreme and Outrageous Conduct. C.Severe Emotional Distress. IV. Analysis A.Extreme and Outrageous Conduct B. Severe Emotional Distress. V. Policy. VI. Conclusion

Commentary

Privileges and Stereotypes: A Commentary

I. Introduction.II. Devon Carbado on Privilege.III. Lisa Ikemoto on Stereotypes.A. Victims and Villains.B. Who Is Christopher Barnes?

Phallic Dreams, Realitys Promise: A Commentary

I. Introduction.II. A Question of Identity.III. Terms of Engagement.IV. Conclusions: Contributing to the Mosaic

Phallic Dreams, Realitys Promise: A Commentary

I. Introduction.II. A Question of Identity.III. Terms of Engagement.IV. Conclusions: Contributing to the Mosaic

Weeping for Hecuba: Why Should We Weep for Strangers?

I. The Presentations.A. The First Person Author.B. The Hierarchical Subordination of the Other.II. Weeping for Hecuba.A. The Importance of Empathy: The Possibility of Humanity in an Inescapable World of Pain.B. The Use of Standing to Deny the Pain of Social Life and the Humanity of Others.1. The Case of Linda R.S. v. Richard D. 2. The Use of Standing to Deny the Pain of Social Life.III. Conclusion: The Significance of Weeping for Strangers

"Gifting Children Of Promise": Re-Imagining The Academic Margins As Transformative Legal Space

I.Introduction II.: An Analogy A."Gifting" Defined B.Autonomy as Interaction C. The Need for Transformation III. "Gifting" in the Legal Academy A.Determining Why We Should "Gift" 1. Why: The Obligation 2. Why: The Opportunity B.Determining Who We Should "Gift" IV. The "Gifting" Process A. What "Gifting" Might Accomplish 1. Enhanced Critical Thinking 2.Transforming the Margins B.What "Gifting" Might Require: The Ingredients for Successful "Gifting" 1.Multi-Conscious Praxis 2. Translation 3...