Abstract
In her article, "The Black Community," Its Lawbreakers, and a Politics of Identification, Professor Regina Austin proposes a paradigm to move the Black community beyond a "manifestation of a nostalgic longing for a time when blacks were clearly distinguishable from whites and concern about the welfare of the poor was more natural than our hairdos.” Austin's politics of identification provides the conceptual framework through which the Black community can reconstitute itself in accordance with its own principles, which may or may not be those embraced by the mainstream. This article considers Professor Regina Austin’s politics of identification as practiced by Black lawmakers in the congressional welfare reform debate.
Recommended Citation
Lisa A. Crooms,
Stepping into the Projects: Lawmaking, Storytelling, and Practicing the Politics of Identification,
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Mich. J. Race & L.
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(1996).
Available at:
https://repository.law.umich.edu/mjrl/vol1/iss1/1