Word: adoptionism
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People never would think to associate Professor of Law Randall L. Kennedy with Julia Stiles. But Kennedy’s latest book Interracial Intimacies: Sex, Marriage, Identity and Adoption uses Stiles’ character from last summer’s teen hit Save the Last Dance to illustrate the changing...
The contrast between an adoption case in 1952, in which a black couple was not permitted to adopt a mixed race child under Louisiana law, and the 1990 ruling by an Illinois court that “race should presumptively play no role in determining custody arrangements,?...
But the tipping point, as with almost any fashion, was its adoption by high-profile stylish women--in the fall of 2001. Fashion is a game in which alpha-dog celebrities stay ahead of middle-class consumers, often by mimicking inner-city teenagers and other transgressive subcultures. Madonna's bold...
The commission has failed in its primary goal—advising U.S. Secretary of Education Roderick R. Paige on ways to clarify Title IX’s practical implementation. Since the adoption of the legislation in 1972, this issue has been a subject of endless debate for courts, coaches and...
Though the requisite signatures were delivered to the Department of Motor Vehicles by March 1997, the “Choose Life” plate was not available until August 2000, when the Florida Supreme Court threw out an obstructionist lawsuit by the National Organization of Women. Today there are 37...