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Title: The Pig Farmer's Daughter and Other Tales of American Justice : Episodes of Racism and Sexism in the Courts from 1865 to the Present by Mary Frances Berry ISBN: 0-375-70746-8 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 11 April, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Thorough yet disturbing discussion of 'justice'...
Comment: While there are probably very few people who think justice is truly blind to race, gender, class and sexual orientation, this look at the courts from Restoration until today is still shocking. The systemic protection of 'white male privilege' has made it impossible for just about anyone and everyone to get a fair trial. And throughout this book Berry argues convincingly, logically, simply and clearly why this has been the case.
Berry's thesis is that the court - through judges' decisions and verdicts - uphold the prevailing 'stories' of the day, explaining why some black men - under the protection of white male privilege - were punished less harshly than others. Or why black men were so quickly and easily convicted of raping white women, or why it was considered pretty much impossible to rape a black woman or a poor white one. And on and on and on... According to Berry, judges would twist the understanding of statutes and laws to conform to and support the stories. When, after WWII, stories began to change, the different attitudes and ideas were reflected in court decisions, and Brown vs. the Board of Education, Roe vs. Wade, and other cases were possible.
Berry certainly creates a very compelling case, showing the effects of these 'stories,' the efforts to change them and the ensuing results. Although I do believe that other elements - even, as the Supreme Court illustrated so clearly during the election fiasco, personal ideology - play a role, I still think that Berry is describing a very powerful phenonmenon. And Berry's evidence of a strong bias in the courts is something every American should know about. In fact, I think this should be mandatory reading for pretty much everybody.
Rating: 5
Summary: An eloquent exposition.
Comment: The "Pig Farmer's Daughter" is a stalwart exposition describing the fault line of bigotry, and bias that runs through the historical bedrock of the American judicial system. Berry offers a seamless narrative, written eloquently and without malice. Her book is an irrefutable unveiling of the ignorance that so often poses as the truth of popular culture. What is so ironic is that the players she exposes were and are supposed to be the very people who are without bias. Everyone and anyone who has a desire to understand racism and sexism in this country needs to read this book. No lawyer or judge serious about racial justice should enter a courtroom without having read it.
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Title: Black Resistance White Law: A History of Constitutional Racism in America by Mary Frances Berry ISBN: 0140232982 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: February, 1995 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Thicker Than Blood: How Racial Statistics Lie by Tukufu Zuberi ISBN: 0816639094 Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: White Supremacy and Racism in the Post-Civil Rights Era by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva ISBN: 1588260321 Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers Pub. Date: August, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Race to Incarcerate by Marc Mauer, The Sentencing Project ISBN: 1565846834 Publisher: New Press Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study by W. E. B. Dubois, Elijah Anderson, Isabel Eaton, W. E. B. Du Bois ISBN: 0812215737 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Pub. Date: June, 1998 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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