The Immigrant Plight/Immigration Law: A Study in Intractability

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 wit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robert A. Ferguson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Columbia University Libraries 2012-05-01
Series:Columbia Journal of Race and Law
Online Access:https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/cjrl/article/view/2272