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Seeking to develop a theory of critical Asian-American legal studies, this work examines the current discourse on race and law, and the implications of postmodern theory and affirmative action, which have largely excluded Asian-Americans. The author sets out to show that the continuing debate surrounding multiculturalism and immigration in the United States is really a struggle over the meaning of ""America"", and how the construction of Asian-American-ness has become a necessary component in stabilizing a national American identity. This development, Chang argues, is harmful to Asian-Americans.

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<p> Sophisticated and passionate . . . As [Robert Chang] says, our world is now 'bursting with color' and it is his accomplishment in this book to re-theorize the vocabulary within which questions of race are debated in this society.

(<p> Sophisticated and passionate . . . As [Robert Chang] says, our world is now 'bursting with color' and it is his accomplishment in this book to re-theorize the vocabulary within which questions of race are debated in this society. )-(Stanley Fish), (University of Illinois, Chicago)

Has profound political implications for race relations in the new century. -Michigan Law Review Sophisticated and passionate ... As [Robert Chang] says, our world is now 'bursting with color' and it is his accomplishment in this book to re-theorize the vocabulary within which questions of race are debated in this society. -Stanley Fish,University of Illinois, Chicago

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Robert S. Chang is Professor of Law and founder and Executive Director of the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality at Seattle University School of Law. He is the author of our Disoriented: Asian Americans, Law and the Nation-State and Minority Relations: Intergroup Conflict and Cooperation.

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