The Desire for Whiteness: Can Law and Economics Explain it?
This Essay provides a new theoretical perspective on colorism by considering it from an economic point of view. It relies on three theories of law and economics that explain racism. While critiquing these theories, it also extends them to evaluate colorism. Because these theories correlate race with...
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| Language: | English |
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Columbia University Libraries
2012-02-01
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| Series: | Columbia Journal of Race and Law |
| Online Access: | https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/cjrl/article/view/2264 |