Settler Colonialism, Race, and the Law : : Why Structural Racism Persists / / Natsu Taylor Saito.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 English
• VerfasserIn: Saito, Natsu Taylor,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Citizenship and Migration in the Americas ; 2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

How taking Indigenous sovereignty seriously can help dismantle the structural racism encountered by other people of color in the United States Settler Colonialism, Race, and the Law provides a timely analysis of structural racism at the intersection of law and colonialism. Noting the grim racial realities still confronting communities of color, and how they have not been alleviated by constitutional guarantees of equal protection, this book suggests that settler colonial theory provides a more coherent understanding of what causes and what can help remediate racial disparities. Natsu Taylor Saito attributes the origins and persistence of racialized inequities in the United States to the prerogatives asserted by its predominantly Angloamerican colonizers to appropriate Indigenous lands and resources, to profit from the labor of voluntary and involuntary migrants, and to ensure that all people of color remain “in their place.” By providing a functional analysis that links disparate forms of oppression, this book makes the case for the oft-cited proposition that racial justice is indivisible, focusing particularly on the importance of acknowledging and contesting the continued colonization of Indigenous peoples and lands. Settler Colonialism, Race, and the Law concludes that rather than relying on promises of formal equality, we will more effectively dismantle structural racism in America by envisioning what the right of all peoples to self-determination means in a settler colonial state.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Racial Realities -- 2. Unsettling Narratives -- 3. Settler Colonialism -- 4. Land and Indigenous Peoples -- 5. Enslaved Labor and Strategies of Subjugation -- 6. “Emancipated” African Americans: Rights and Redundancy -- 7. Others of Color: Inclusions and Exclusions -- 8. Others of Color: Subordination and Manipulation -- 9. Constitutional Protection and the Dynamic of Difference -- 10. International Law and Human Rights -- 11. Decolonization and Self- Determination -- 12. Mapping New Worlds -- Conclusion: We Won When We Started -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Works Cited -- List of Cases -- Index -- About the Author