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Name: Race, Rights, And the Asian American Experience
Author: Angelo N. Ancheta

📘 Race, Rights, And the Asian American Experience by Angelo N. Ancheta

Angelo N. Ancheta argues that American race relations have been dominated by a black‑white model that marginalizes Asian Americans, leaving them in a racial limbo. The book analyzes how U.S. civil‑rights laws impact Asian Americans and how those laws are shaped by Asian American experiences. Through legal and social theory, it explores discrimination, nativism, citizenship, language, school desegregation, and affirmative action, offering constitutional analysis, personal insights, and policy suggestions from an Asian‑American perspective.

First publish date: December 1985

Genre: Politics & Government/Public Policy

Authors: Angelo N. Ancheta

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