Post-Racial Constitutionalism and the Roberts Court Rhetorical Neutrality and the Perpetuation of Inequality
Book contents
- Post-Racial Constitutionalism and the Roberts Court
- Post-Racial Constitutionalism and the Roberts Court
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Rhetorical Neutrality and Post-Racial Historicism
- 2 The Burger and Rehnquist Courts
- 3 The Roberts Court and Post-Racial Constitutionalism
- 4 Post-Racial Process Discourse
- 5 Fisher II
- 6 Ricci v. DeStefano
- 7 Texas Department of Housing Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project, Inc.
- 8 Voting Rights
- Conclusion
- Index
5 - Fisher II
Post-Racial Process Values and the Diversity Myth
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 October 2022
Book contents
- Post-Racial Constitutionalism and the Roberts Court
- Post-Racial Constitutionalism and the Roberts Court
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Rhetorical Neutrality and Post-Racial Historicism
- 2 The Burger and Rehnquist Courts
- 3 The Roberts Court and Post-Racial Constitutionalism
- 4 Post-Racial Process Discourse
- 5 Fisher II
- 6 Ricci v. DeStefano
- 7 Texas Department of Housing Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project, Inc.
- 8 Voting Rights
- Conclusion
- Index
Summary
The Roberts Courts post-racial conception of affirmative action means that diversity is simply an aspirational myth, not substantive equality for the historically excluded.
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- Post-Racial Constitutionalism and the Roberts CourtRhetorical Neutrality and the Perpetuation of Inequality, pp. 128 - 142Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022