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The Poverty of Privacy Rights makes a simple, controversial
argument: Poor mothers in America have been deprived of the right
to privacy. The U.S. Constitution is supposed to bestow rights
equally. Yet the poor are subject to invasions of privacy that can
be perceived as gross demonstrations of governmental power without
limits. Courts have routinely upheld the constitutionality of
privacy invasions on the poor, and legal scholars typically
understand marginalized populations to have "weak versions" of the
privacy rights everyone else enjoys. Khiara M. Bridges investigates
poor mothers' experiences with the state-both when they receive
public assistance and when they do not. Presenting a holistic view
of just how the state intervenes in all facets of poor mothers'
privacy, Bridges shows how the Constitution has not been
interpreted to bestow these women with family, informational, and
reproductive privacy rights. Bridges seeks to turn popular thinking
on its head: Poor mothers' lack of privacy is not a function of
their reliance on government assistance-rather it is a function of
their not bearing any privacy rights in the first place. Until we
disrupt the cultural narratives that equate poverty with
immorality, poor mothers will continue to be denied this right.
The Poverty of Privacy Rights makes a simple, controversial
argument: Poor mothers in America have been deprived of the right
to privacy. The U.S. Constitution is supposed to bestow rights
equally. Yet the poor are subject to invasions of privacy that can
be perceived as gross demonstrations of governmental power without
limits. Courts have routinely upheld the constitutionality of
privacy invasions on the poor, and legal scholars typically
understand marginalized populations to have "weak versions" of the
privacy rights everyone else enjoys. Khiara M. Bridges investigates
poor mothers' experiences with the state—both when they receive
public assistance and when they do not. Presenting a holistic view
of just how the state intervenes in all facets of poor mothers'
privacy, Bridges shows how the Constitution has not been
interpreted to bestow these women with family, informational, and
reproductive privacy rights. Bridges seeks to turn popular thinking
on its head: Poor mothers' lack of privacy is not a function of
their reliance on government assistance—rather it is a function
of their not bearing any privacy rights in the first place. Until
we disrupt the cultural narratives that equate poverty with
immorality, poor mothers will continue to be denied this right.
Writing in the wake of neoliberalism, where human rights and social
justice have increasingly been subordinated to proliferating
"consumer choices" and ideals of market justice, contributors to
this collection argue that feminist ethnographers are in a key
position to reassert the central feminist connections between
theory, methods, and activism. Together, we suggest avenues for
incorporating methodological innovations, collaborative analysis,
and collective activism in our scholarly projects. What are the
possibilities (and challenges) that exist for feminist ethnography
25 years after initial debates emerged in this field about
reflexivity, objectivity, reductive individualism, and the social
relevance of activist scholarship? How can feminist ethnography
intensify efforts towards social justice in the current political
and economic climate? This collection continues a crucial dialog
about feminist activist ethnography in the 21st century-at the
intersection of engaged feminist research and activism in the
service of the organizations, people, communities, and feminist
issues we study.
Writing in the wake of neoliberalism, where human rights and social
justice have increasingly been subordinated to proliferating
"consumer choices" and ideals of market justice, contributors to
this collection argue that feminist ethnographers are in a key
position to reassert the central feminist connections between
theory, methods, and activism. Together, we suggest avenues for
incorporating methodological innovations, collaborative analysis,
and collective activism in our scholarly projects. What are the
possibilities (and challenges) that exist for feminist ethnography
25 years after initial debates emerged in this field about
reflexivity, objectivity, reductive individualism, and the social
relevance of activist scholarship? How can feminist ethnography
intensify efforts towards social justice in the current political
and economic climate? This collection continues a crucial dialog
about feminist activist ethnography in the 21st century-at the
intersection of engaged feminist research and activism in the
service of the organizations, people, communities, and feminist
issues we study.
This highly-readable primer on Critical Race Theory (CRT) examines
the theory's basic commitments, strengths, and weaknesses. In
addition to serving as a primary text for graduate and
undergraduate Critical Race Theory seminars or courses on Race and
the Law, it can also be assigned in courses on Antidiscrimination
Law, Civil Rights, and Law and Society. The book can be used by any
reader seeking to understand the relationship between constructions
of race and the law. The text consists of four Parts. Part I
provides a history of CRT. Part II introduces and explores several
core concepts in the theory-including institutional/structural
racism, implicit bias, microaggressions, racial privilege, the
relationship between race and class, and intersectionality. Part
III builds on Part II's discussion of intersectionality by
exploring the intersection of race with a variety of other
characteristics-including sexuality and gender identity, religion,
and ability. Part IV analyzes several contemporary issues to which
CRT speaks-including racial disparities in health, affirmative
action, the criminal justice system, the welfare state, and
education.
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