Book contents
- Whitelash
- Whitelash
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction The Long Night of Déjà Vu
- 1 Electing Trump and Breaching Norms
- 2 The Exoneration of White Voters
- 3 White Voters and the Law of Alternative Facts
- 4 The Sirens of White Nationalism
- 5 Law as Pretext
- 6 Voting While White
- 7 Holding Candidates and Parties Accountable
- 8 We the People: Fashioning a Legal Remedy for Voter Whitelash
- Conclusion The Globalization of Whitelash
- Notes
- Index
Introduction - The Long Night of Déjà Vu
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 January 2020
- Whitelash
- Whitelash
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction The Long Night of Déjà Vu
- 1 Electing Trump and Breaching Norms
- 2 The Exoneration of White Voters
- 3 White Voters and the Law of Alternative Facts
- 4 The Sirens of White Nationalism
- 5 Law as Pretext
- 6 Voting While White
- 7 Holding Candidates and Parties Accountable
- 8 We the People: Fashioning a Legal Remedy for Voter Whitelash
- Conclusion The Globalization of Whitelash
- Notes
- Index
Summary
Election night, Tuesday, November 8, 2016, seemed interminable for many Americans. It certainly was for me. I was scheduled to teach an election law class the following day, during which my students and I would discuss the legal implications of the presidential and congressional elections. But before that, I had to fulfill a commitment to speak to a high school audience about the election. I was to address students at Chicago’s Legal Prep Charter Academy first thing Wednesday morning—a daunting task because I had been up all night puzzling over election returns that had elevated a reality television show host, Donald Trump, to the most powerful position in the world.
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- WhitelashUnmasking White Grievance at the Ballot Box, pp. 1 - 6Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020