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The Contemporary Assault on Ethnic Studies, 47 J UIC Law Review Volume 47 Issue 4 Article 3 Summer 2014 The Contemporary Assault on Ethnic Studies, 47 J. Marshall L. Rev. 1189 (2014) Ronald Mize Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.law.uic.edu/lawreview Part of the Immigration Law Commons, Law and Race Commons, and the Law and Society Commons Recommended Citation Ronald Mize, The Contemporary Assault on Ethnic Studies, 47 J. Marshall L. Rev. 1189 (2014) https://repository.law.uic.edu/lawreview/vol47/iss4/3 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by UIC Law Open Access Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in UIC Law Review by an authorized administrator of UIC Law Open Access Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE CONTEMPORARY ASSAULT ON ETHNIC STUDIES RONALD L. MIZE 1 I. 1980s Culture Wars: A Precursor ......................................... 11921193 II. 21st Century Kulturkampf, Arizona-Style ........................... 11961197 III. Forbidden Knowledge: Threatening White Privilege's Historical Amnesia ........................................................ 12011202 IV. Allegory of Don Rafael, Connecting Past and Presen........... 12041204 V. Chronology of Events Pertaining to Don Rafael Case, 1954 . ..................................................................................... 1208 Ethnic studies once again finds itself in the crosshairs of conservative Republicans hell-bent on preserving white privilege and power by defining “being American” as synonymous with their possessive investment in whiteness. 2 The U.S. culture wars, rearing its ugly head in its fullest form in the late 1980s, never seem to go away but simply resurface every decade or so in a new context. It is much like cultural critic George Lipsitz describes as: “There has always been racism in the United States, but it has not always been the same racism. Political and cultural struggles over power have shaped the contours and dimensions of racism differently in different eras.” 3 By its organizational design of de-centering and coalition building, 4 LatCrit acknowledged the culture wars in the early 2000s with their “Countering Kulturkampf” theme at LatCrit IX Conference. 5 U.S. culture wars origin stories vary, but one 1 Associate Professor of Language, Culture and Society and the Director of the Center for Latino/a Studies and Engagement (CL@SE) at Oregon State University. 2 See generally GEORGE LIPSITZ, THE POSSESSIVE INVESTMENT IN WHITENESS 4-5 (1998) (analyzing what is at stake when we see white privilege defended, under what he deems the white spatial imaginary). 3 Id. In a similar fashion, Lipsitz is fond of riffing Malcolm X’s famous line, “Racism is like a Cadillac, they bring out a new model every year.” Id. at 182. 4 See generally Margaret E. Montoya & Francisco Valdes, “Latinas/os” and The Politics of Knowledge Production: LatCrit Scholarship and Academic Activism as Social Justice Action, 83 IND. L.J. 1197 (2008) (explaining the structure, goals, and methodology of groups in the LatCrit movement). 5 See generally Charles R. Venator Santiago, Countering Kulturkampf Politics Through Critique And Justice Pedagogy, 50 VILL. L. REV. 50 (2005) [hereinafter Santiago] (describing the politics of Kulturkampf); Charles R. Venator Santiago, Countering Kulturkampf Politics Through Critique and Justice Pedagogy, Race, Kulturkampf, and Immigration, 35 SETON HALL L. 11891188 1190Vol.1168 47:4 The Contemporary47 JO HN MARS Assault HALL L. on R EthnicEV. 11901168 Studies Vol. 118947:4 generallydifferent fromagreed its- uponpredecessors, starting particularly point stems since from it hadthe theinfamous benefit speechof two yearsby then of planning.-presidential candidate Patrick Buchanan in 1992 declaringLike thethe cultureshift in war: conference “There isscheduling, a religious otherwar going changes on in have our takencountry place for thewithin soul theof America.LatCrit entityIt is a, includingcultural war, concerted as critical efforts to tothe continue kind of nationa process we ofwill institutionalization. one day be as was In the recent Cold Waryears, itself.” there6 hasBuchanan’s been a growingsentiments focus were on morehow tofully capitalize articulated on its in critical the writings niche, continueof Allan Bloom,cultivating William the J.next Bennett, generation E.D. 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REV . with1135 a(2005) growing [hereinafter number Valdes, of BoardJurisprudence seats being] (explaining occupied the byconsequences junior law of professors.backlash Kulturkampf6 on law and society); Francisco Valdes, "We Are Now of the View":Another Backlash major Activism, development Cultural Cleansing,is LatCrit’s and theacquisition Kulturkampf of toa Resurrect the Old Deal, 35 SETON HALL L. REV. 1407 (2005) [hereinafter Valdes,physical Old space Deal] (describingfor the organization. recent culture warThe cases property, and their Campo effect); DeniseSano (SpanishFerreira da for Silva, “Camp Introduction: Healthy,” The or Globalmore literally,Matrix and “Camp the Predicament Sanity”), ofis a"Postmodernisms": ten-acre parcel An of Introductionland located to inthe Central Critique Florida.of Kulturkampf7 Purchased, 35 SETON by LatCritHALL L. RinEV .2011, 1281 (2005)the space (explaining is home the crtoiticisms The Livingof Kulturkampf); Justice CenterMartha andT. 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