Race-ing Justice, En-Gendering Power: Essays on Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas, and the Construction of Social Reality PDF
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Edited and Mth an Introduction by T-0 N I RACE-ING JUSTICE, EN-GENDERING POWER - Essa,,s on ., 1nita Hill, Clarence Thomas, and the Construction of Social Reality E d i t e d a n d iv i t h a n I n t r o d u c t i o n b y TONI MORRISON Pantheon Books, New York Compilation and ulntoduction: Friday on the Potomac" copyright © 1992 by Toni Morrison All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. HAn Open Letter to Justice Clarence Thomas from a Federal Judicial Colleague'' by A. Leon Higgenbotham, Jr., was originally published in the I.Aw Review, University of Pennsylvania, Vol. 140, 1992. Copyright © 1992 by A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. Page 4 67 constitutes an extension of this copyright page. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Race-ing justice, en-gendering power essays on Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas, and the construction of social reality / edited and with an introduction by Toni Morrison. p. cm. ISBN 0-679-74145-3 1. Thomas, Clarence, 1948- 2. Hill, Anita. 3. Judges-United States-Selection and appointment. 4. Afro-Americans-Social conditions. 5. Racism-United States. 6. Sexism-United States. I. Morrison, Toni. II. Title: Race-ing justice, en-gendering power. KF8745.T48R33 1992 347 .73'2634-dc20 [347.3073534] 92-54119 Book design by Jo Anne Metsch Manufactured in the United States of America B9876543210 IntrodFurcitodinaot ynh P:eo tomac . . TONIM ORRISON vu AnO peLne tttoJe urs tCilcaer eTnhcoemfr aosm a FedeJruadliC coilalle ague A.LEONH IGGBIONTHAMJ,R . 3 TheP rivateo fJPu asrttisc e ANDREWR OSS 40 Clarencea nTtdhh oCemri asosifB s l aPcokil ciCatull t ure 61 MANNINMGA RABLE FalFsleie,ne Pgte,rj uCrleadr eYnacleBe:ri' gsh taensdt BlacGkoet soWt a shington MICHEALT HELWELL 86 DoiTnhgi nwgistW ho rd"sR:a ciassSm p"e eAcctha nd thUen doionfJg u stice 127 CLAUDIBAR ODSKLYA COUR A RarCea sSet uodfMy u leheadaenMdden ne ss J. 159 PAT RI CIWAI LLIAMS A SentimJeonutrnJaealym :Be asl dawnitdnh e Thomas-Hill Hearings GAYLPEEM BERTON 172 Hill,T homaanstd,h Ues oef R aciSatle reotype NELLI RVIPNA ITNER 200 Double SDtoaunebBd lnaidrA:df ,ri nc-aAmaenri c LeadeArsfhtitephr e ThDoembaasc le CAROML. S WAIN 215 vi / CO~TENTS A Good Judge of Character: Men, Metaphors, and the Common Culture HOMI K. BHABHA 232 White Feminists and Black Realities: The Politics of Authenticity 251 CHRISTINE STANSELL Remembering Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas: What Really Happened When One Black Woman Spoke Out 269 NELLIE Y. MCKAY The Supreme Court Appointment Process and the Politics of Race and Sex 290 MARGARET A. BURNHAM Black Ladies, Welfare Queens, and State Minstrels: Ideological War by Narrative Means W AHNEEMA LUBIANO 323 Strange Fruit 364 KENDALL THOMAS Black Leadership and the Pitfalls of Racial Reasoning 390 CORNEL WEST Whose Story Is It, Anyway? Feminist and Antiracist Appropriations of Anita Hill , 402 KIMBERLE CRENSHAW The Last Taboo 441 PAULA GIDDINGS About the Contributors 471
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