East Asian Discrimination in Supreme Court Cases: How Yesterday's Biases Affect Race Relations Today
Fuller, Frank
2008
2000-2009
The Supreme Court often combats racial discrimination, with shifting groups being targeted as the scapegoat. East Asians have encountered discrimination during the 19th and 20th century, especially with the passage of the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act. A Japanese American by the name of Ozawa challenged the whiteness notion, while another, Yasui, fought involuntary detainment. Present parallels exist towards the treatment of African Americans; discrimination poisons Americas psyche.
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Hoffman, Alecia D.
Clark Atlanta University
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/endarch:fall_2008.005
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/