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Novkov, Julie. "Race, History, and Racial Erasure" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia Marriott Hotel, Philadelphia, PA, Aug 27, 2003 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p63848_index.html>

Novkov, J. , 2003-08-27 "Race, History, and Racial Erasure" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia Marriott Hotel, Philadelphia, PA Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p63848_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: Race has been a constant but unstable concept in US history, and the work of racial formation has taken place within institutions as well as in broader society and culture (as detailed by Omi and Winant, among others). This paper, part of a larger project, considers late twentieth and early twenty-first century efforts to address the legacy of racial discrimination in the law. It confronts the various strands of racial erasure advocated from different corners of the political spectrum. One element of this is the move to formal color-blindness in law spurred by interpretations of Warren Court precedents on race by the Rehnquist Court. The paper explores the roots of color-blindness in legal doctrine and critiques its current conservative application. Another related but less explored element is the political movement to erase racial references from state constitutions. In the last five years, several states have considered and passed initiatives and referenda that remove racially discriminatory language from their state constitutions. The paper considers this movement in Alabama and the meaning of these votes in the context of modern legal commitments to color-blindness. Ultimately, the paper argues that the process of racial formation continues in the modern era and that the historical legacy of racial formation cannot be erased. The paper ends with an analytical and political critique of efforts to deconstruct whiteness. It offers instead a qualified constructivist reading of racial formation as a simultaneously institutional and ideological process that leaves some room for agency and intervention.

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