Critical Race Feminism : A Reader

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