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28 Conn. L. Rev. 1 (1995-1996)
Race, Culture, and Contract Law: From the Cottonfield to the Courtroom

handle is hein.journals/conlr28 and id is 11 raw text is: CONNECTICUT LAW REVIEW VOLUME 28 FALL 1995 NUMBER 1 RACE, CULTURE, AND CONTRACT LAW: FROM THE COTTONFIELD TO THE COURTROOM Anthony R. Chase I. INTRODUCTION A joke. A nigger joke. That was the way it got started. Not the town, of course, but that part of town where the Negroes lived, the part they called the Bottom in spite of the fact that it was up in the hills. Just a nigger joke. The kind white folks tell when the mill closes down and they're looking for a little com- fort somewhere. The kind colored folks tell on themselves when * Associate Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center. A.B, Harvard College (1977); J.D., Harvard Law School '(1981); M.B.A., Harvard Business School (1981). This Article is dedicated twice. First, to my father, John S. Chase, who integrated the University of Texas under court order in 1950 and is that institution's first black graduate. See Swcant v. Painter, 339 U.S. 629 (1950). HIs life's experience resonates with the interconnection between law and issues of race. It is also dedicated to my infant godson, Will MeDugald. who is white, with the hope that the premises herein advanced in some small way better his world. Special thanks to Dina Alsowayel and Professor Derrick A. Bell, Jr., New York University School of Law. Pro- fessors David Wilkins of Harvard Law School, Deborah Post of Touro Law School, Peter Linzer and Steve Zamora of the University of Houston Law Center. Peter Thornton and Gudron Klein, and members of the University of Houston Black Law Students Association made helpful comments on prior drafts. An earlier version of this article was presented at the Critical Race Theory Workshop in June 1994 at the University of Miami School of Law and its participants offered many helpful insights. Hila J. Alderman, Nandita Berry, Elizabeth Hollas and Rhonda Wills provided invaluable research assistance.

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