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WHITE PRIVILEGE AND WHITE DISADVANTAGE.
- Source :
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Virginia Law Review . Apr2019, Vol. 105 Issue 2, p449-482. 34p. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- The article discusses the concept of white privilege and whether the term privilege applies to poor white people, particularly focusing upon the U.S. Supreme Court case Buck v. Bell, which upheld the forced sterilization of the mentally ill and disabled who were deemed capable of passing their genes through their children. The article also examines the eugenics movement.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00426601
- Volume :
- 105
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Virginia Law Review
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 135941291