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Progressive Constitutionalism: Reconstructing the Fourteenth Amemdment (Constitutional Conflicts)

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The author is obviously a Marxist and this book is her attempt to cleverly interpret the 14th ammendment in a Marist/egalitarian manner. Marxists would much prefer to throw out the U.S. constitution and/or rewrite it entirely. But, short of revolution or coup, that isn't possible. Thus they (ie. Socialists/Marxists) interpret the constitution in clever and bizzare ways, manipulate it's words, & contort this sacred document into a jurisprudence pretzel which "fits" their ultimate goal of realizing extreme Socialism/egalitarianism in the United States. The damage to U.S. society is done when a one of these clever interpretive constitutional arguments is presented to a sympathetic judge (ie. a far-left leaning judge) who rules in favor of the manipulative argument.

The author uses the standard worn out themes of "white oppression" and "white privilege" as her explanation for minorities shortcomings in American society. If white America is so racist, why is it that Asian Americans are such high achievers? Asians often far surpass whites in terms of academic and business achievment in the United States. How is this possible if white America is so racist??? Why do Asian immigrants view affirmative action as a personal insult while hispanic immigrants endlessly complain that we need more affirmative action programs and quotas must be raised to allow more hispanics to attend college?
Asians only make up 12% of California's population but represent a whopping 34% of the prestigious University of California student body (including all 9 campuses). Hispanics (mostly Mexican-Americans) make up 37% of California's population yet only represent 5% of UC's student body. Can this discrepancy be explained by poverty??? Nonsense. In the late 1970's, the U.S. took in 850,000 Vietnemese refuges. Most had only the shirt on their back yet Vietnemese-Americans are some of the highest achievers in American society... and they reached this standing in only a little more than one generation! Yet hispanics have been part of America for generations upon generations. I thought white America was so racist???? Hogwash.

This book was very thorough in it's contents. The reading level was appropriate...and easy enough for a high school student to read.

Chelle