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The Story of Towards Asian Americna Jurisprudence and Its Implications for Latinas/os in American Law Schools 走向亚裔美国法理学的故事及其对美国法学院拉丁裔的启示

Berkeley La Raza Law Journal Pub Date : 2002-12-31 DOI: 10.15779/Z38NH23

J. Torok

引用次数: 2

On the Appointment of a Latina/o to the Supreme Court 关于任命一名拉丁裔最高法院法官的问题

Berkeley La Raza Law Journal Pub Date : 2002-07-16 DOI: 10.15779/Z38V66D

Kevin R. Johnson

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引用次数: 3

The Requirement of Race-Conscious Evaluation of LSAT Scores for Equitable Law School Admissions 法学院公平录取对LSAT分数种族评价的要求

Berkeley La Raza Law Journal Pub Date : 2001-12-31 DOI: 10.15779/Z38GW81

D. White

引用次数: 5

Affirmative Action in Higher Education: Recent Developments in Litigation, Admissions and Diversity Research 高等教育中的平权行动:诉讼、招生和多样性研究的最新进展

Berkeley La Raza Law Journal Pub Date : 2001-12-31 DOI: 10.15779/Z38NQ1Z

William Kidder

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引用次数: 5

Foreword: Under Construction - LatCrit Consciousness, Community, and Theory 前言:建设中——乡土意识、共同体与理论

Berkeley La Raza Law Journal Pub Date : 1998-12-31 DOI: 10.15779/Z38036N

Francisco Valdes

引用次数: 31

Asylum Policy in Action: The Case of Guatemala's Kanjobals 庇护政策在行动:危地马拉的坎乔巴尔案例

Berkeley La Raza Law Journal Pub Date : 1991-12-31 DOI: 10.15779/Z38KD3P

M. Greenlee

引用次数: 0

Social De-Construction of Race and Affirmative Action in Jury Selection 种族的社会解构与陪审团选择中的平权行动

Berkeley La Raza Law Journal Pub Date : 1991-03-23 DOI: 10.15779/Z385653

Hiroshi Fukurai

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引用次数: 2

The Importance of Linguistics in Court Interpreting 语言学在法庭口译中的重要性

Berkeley La Raza Law Journal Pub Date : 1988-12-31 DOI: 10.15779/Z38R367

Susan Berk-Seligson

引用次数: 9

Linguistic Diversity on the Airwaves: Spanish-Language Broadcasting and the FCC 无线电波的语言多样性:西班牙语广播和联邦通信委员会

Berkeley La Raza Law Journal Pub Date : 1984-12-31 DOI: 10.15779/Z38QW9V

B. Piatt

引用次数: 2

Berkeley La Raza Law Journal Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.15779/Z38SM0S

J. Perea

{"title":"Suggested Responses to Frequently Asked Questions about Hispanics, Latinos and Latinas","authors":"J. Perea","doi":"10.15779/Z38SM0S","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15779/Z38SM0S","url":null,"abstract":"Buenos dias. I'm so pleased to be here with you today; this is always one of my favorite meetings of the year. I'm also very pleased to be in Puerto Rico. This is my first visit to \"La Isla\" and I'd like to thank Celina and Angel for having such a nice isla. I'm going to attempt three things this morning that I've never tried before in public. First is to be brief. Those of you who have heard me speak before will understand that and may hope for that. The second thing is to be funny. And the third thing, which I realized in the course of prior panelists' presentations, is that I'm not going to talk about language. My talk is entitled \"Interpretations and Suggested Responses to Frequently Asked Questions About Hispanics, Latinos and Latinas.\" Question 1: the what are you question. I'm often asked, \"what is a Hispanic or Latino anyway?\" This question may be asked with varying degrees of annoyance. The greater the degree of annoyance, the closer this question approaches something like \"What are you doing here?\" Suggested response: The basic question is easily answered. The Hispanic, Latino, or Latina is typically someone of Latin American ancestry or birth. The questions of legitimacy latent in the question I shall address later. Question 2: the where are you from question. I often meet people who consider themselves the real Americans. As soon as I mention my name, I'm asked, \"Where are you from?\" I answer, sincerely, \"Washington D.C.\" I receive a quizzical look and I'm asked again, with growing annoyance and frustration, \"No, I mean where are you really from?\" I answer, sincerely, \"Washington D.C., the nation's capital.\" My questioner may shift focus now, asking with exasperation, \"Well, where are your parents from?\" This is what my questioner really wanted, not my birth place, not my simple geography, but some foreign land, the exotic distant countries of my ancestry, to be able to locate me someplace outside the borders of the United States, where I'm presumed not to belong. I call this \"symbolic deportation,\" since my identity has been swept beyond the borders. Suggested response: To handle this sensitive social situation, I recommend asking the questioner \"Where are you from? No, I mean","PeriodicalId":408518,"journal":{"name":"Berkeley La Raza Law Journal","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115339410","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 3