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39 Colum. Hum. Rts. L. Rev. 423 (2007-2008)
Race, Space, and the Nation-State: Racial Recognition and the Prospects for Substantive Equality under Anti-Discrimination Law in France and Germany

handle is hein.journals/colhr39 and id is 429 raw text is: RACE, SPACE, AND THE NATION-STATE: RACIAL RECOGNITION AND THE PROSPECTS FOR SUBSTANTIVE EQUALITY UNDER ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAW IN FRANCE AND GERMANY Eddie Bruce-Jones* ABSTRACT Conventional knowledge in France and Germany would suggest that race does not play a significant role in social stratification and has been dealt with by legal prohibitions on discrimination. This Note explores the role of race and anti- discrimination law in France and Germany. In doing so, it highlights the need for racial recognition and challenges dominant ideologies that strategically and systematically write race out of narratives of nationhood. The Note argues that the lack of legal protections for non- white people cannot be reconciled with their lived experiences of racism. Anchoring its discussion in the history of colonialism, the Note distills two acts of racial violence, exposing whiteness as an organizing principle of race and racism. Ultimately, the Note argues • A.B., Harvard University (2002); M.A., Humboldt-Universittit zu Berlin; J.D./LL.M Columbia University School of Law and King's college, University of London (expected 2008); Columbia Human Rights Law Review Staff Editor (2006-07). I would like to thank KimberI Crenshaw and Grada Kilomba for their guidance and support. A huge thanks to Seth Rosenbloom and L. Lisa Sandoval for outstanding editing. Thank you to Mary Kelly Persyn, Noelle Kvasnosky, Beth Morales Singh, Amy Evans, Carsten Junker, RonAmber Deloney, Joshua Kwesi Aikins, Krzysztof Tomiczek, and everyone involved in Professor Crenshaw's Intersectionalities and Professor Kilomba's Race, Gender and Racism seminars.

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