Interracial Justice: Conflict and Reconciliation in Post–Civil Rights America

Eric K. Yamamoto

Published by New York University Press 1999

Interracial Justice

Conflict and Reconciliation in Post–Civil Rights America

Eric K. Yamamoto

Volume 1 in the series Critical America

https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814745496.001.0001

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

Yamamoto Eric K. :

Eric K. Yamamoto is Professor of Law at the William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai'i, Manoa

Reviews

Yamamoto's analysis offers an important insight: A group can simultaneously be oppressed by others more powerful than it and also oppress others less powerful. . . . A pragmatic model for how interracial justice may someday be real.

Yuri Kochiyama:
Remarkable. A must read for all activists.

Berta Esperanza Hernández-Truyol,St. John's University:
Inspiring and energizing, disturbing and challenging, informative and inquisitive, Interracial Justice is a thoroughly researched, even ground-breaking, tour de force.

Martha Minow,Harvard Law School, author of Between Vengeance and Forgiveness: Facing History after Genocide:
A voice of reason, wisdom and compassion, Eric Yamamoto brings rich practical experience and analytic insight to the crucial subject of healing and reconciliation between groups divided by histories of oppression and mistreatment. This book is vital reading for anyone interested in creating a just world.

Michael Omi,University of California, Berkeley:
A stunningly original and moving work that dramatically expands the national dialogue on race. . . . Yamamoto presents a multidisciplinary, praxis-oriented approach to confronting conflict among communities of color. He provides us with the concepts, the methods, and the language to understand and grapple with the messy nature of reconciliation between racialized groups. His vision of interracial justice is compelling, inspiring, and essential to averting the fire next time.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Prologue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Part I: How, Then, Can We Deal with Our Grievances?
1 ‘‘Can We All Get Along?’’: Justice Grievances among Communities of Color Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
2 ‘‘When Sorry Isn’t Enough’’: A Worldwide Trend of Race Apologies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
3 Asian Americans and Native Hawaiians: Apology and Redress Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	60
Part II: Race, Culture, and Responsibility
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
4 ‘‘It’s Sanitized, Guiltless Racism’’: Race, Culture, and Grievance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
5 ‘‘Who’s Hurting Whom?’’: Reframing Racial Group Agency and Responsibility Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
6 Race Praxis: A Developing Theory of Racial Justice Practice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	128
Part III: Interracial Justice
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
7 Interracial Healing: Multidisciplinary Approaches Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
8 ‘‘Facing History, Facing Ourselves’’: Interracial Justice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	172
9 Apology and Reparations for Native Hawaiians Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	210
10 The Hat Shop Controversy: African Americans and Asian Americans in Los Angeles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	236
11 Truthan d Reconciliation: South Africa 1998 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	254
Epilogue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	276
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279
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Language: English
Publisher: New York University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;

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