1st Edition
Words That Wound Critical Race Theory, Assaultive Speech, And The First Amendment
By Mari J Matsuda, Charles R. Lawrence Iii, Richard Delgado, Kimberle Williams Crenshaw
Copyright 1993
171 Pages
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Routledge
172 Pages
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Routledge
160 Pages
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Routledge
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Words, like sticks and stones, can assault; they can injure; they can exclude. In this important book, four prominent legal scholars from the tradition of critical race theory draw on the experience of injury from racist hate speech to develop a first amendment interpretation that recognizes such injuries. In their critique of ?first amendment orthodoxy,? the authors argue that only a history of... Read more
Introduction -- Public Response to Racist Speech: Considering the Victim’s Story -- If He Hollers Let Him Go: Regulating Racist Speech on Campus -- Words That Wound: A Tort Action for Racial Insults, Epithets, and Name Calling -- Beyond Racism and Misogyny: Black Feminism and 2 Live Crew -- Epilogue: Burning Crosses and the R. A. V. Case
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Richard Delgado, Kimberle Williams Crenshaw
