Interracial Justice : : Conflict and Reconciliation in Post–Civil Rights America / / Eric K. Yamamoto.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Yamamoto, Eric K.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [1999]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 1999
• Language: English
• Series: Critical America ; 1
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

The United States in the twenty-first century will be a nation of so-called minorities. Shifts in the composition of the American populace necessitate a radical change in the ways we as a nation think about race relations, identity, and racial justice. Once dominated by black-white relations, discussions of race are increasingly informed by an awareness of strife among nonwhite racial groups. While white influence remains important in nonwhite racial conflict, the time has come for acknowledgment of ways communities of color sometimes clash, and their struggles to heal the resulting wounds and forge strong alliances. Melding race history, legal theory, theology, social psychology, and anecdotes, Eric K. Yamamoto offers a fresh look at race and responsibility. He tells tales of explosive conflicts and halting conciliatory efforts between African Americans and Korean and Vietnamese immigrant shop owners in Los Angeles and New Orleans. He also paints a fascinating picture of South Africa's controversial Truth and Reconciliation Commission as well as a pathbreaking Asian American apology to Native Hawaiians for complicity in their oppression. An incisive and original work by a highly respected scholar, Interracial Justice greatly advances our understanding of conflict and healing through justice in multiracial America.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Part I: How, Then, Can We Deal with Our Grievances? -- 1 ‘‘Can We All Get Along?’’: Justice Grievances among Communities of Color -- 2 ‘‘When Sorry Isn’t Enough’’: A Worldwide Trend of Race Apologies -- 3 Asian Americans and Native Hawaiians: Apology and Redress -- Part II: Race, Culture, and Responsibility -- Introduction -- 4 ‘‘It’s Sanitized, Guiltless Racism’’: Race, Culture, and Grievance -- 5 ‘‘Who’s Hurting Whom?’’: Reframing Racial Group Agency and Responsibility -- 6 Race Praxis: A Developing Theory of Racial Justice Practice -- Part III: Interracial Justice -- Introduction -- 7 Interracial Healing: Multidisciplinary Approaches -- 8 ‘‘Facing History, Facing Ourselves’’: Interracial Justice -- 9 Apology and Reparations for Native Hawaiians -- 10 The Hat Shop Controversy: African Americans and Asian Americans in Los Angeles -- 11 Truthan d Reconciliation: South Africa 1998 -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author