Book White by Law 2006

Laney primarily examines social and legal constructs of the human race in his 2006 book White by Law. The author illustrates how courts arrived at their conclusions about whiteness and non-whiteness in American society. He thinks that because the courts determined that applicants from Mexico and Armenia were white but those from other places were not, there were racial double standards in place. In addition, Laney notes that because of the colourblind white majority, present laws on race have given rise to unsettling racial ideas that perpetuate injustice. Furthermore, the author examines the new racial paradigm and elucidates how it has contributed to varying degrees of ерy difference between whites and non-whites. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to show how racial ambiguity and racial double standards exist at workplaces with diverse groups of people.

There’s a myth that minority assumes that certain members of the society achieve higher degree of social and economic success than the rest of the average population (Chou and Feagin 15). Because of their notable success in schools and their careers, many people view Asian-Americans as a “model minority”, but what they never realize is that this group of people is constantly exposed to racism in America (Chou and Feagin 19). The type of racial discrimination and stereotyping experienced by Asian-Americans is also evident at work and other public arenas. For instance, racial ambiguity occurs at the workplaces because of the difficulties in defining one’s race. As a result, people stereotype and insinuate certain things about their workmates. Moreover, there are also different provisions that impacts certain groups of people at the workplace more than the others.

In summary, racial ambiguity and racial double standards occur at the workplaces because of the notion that certain groups of people are immune to the challenges faced by other minority groups. Therefore, it is important to implement policy measures which can improve the lives of the minorities.

Works Cited

Chou, Rosalind S., and Joe R. Feagin. Myth of the model minority: Asian Americans facing racism. Routledge, 2015.

Lopez, Ian Haney. White by Law: The Legal Construction of Race. New York: New York University Press, 2006.