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Ifpostmortemsofthe2016U.S.presidentialelectiontellusanything,it’sthatmany
voters discriminate on the basis of race, which raises an important question: In
a society that outlaws racial discrimination in employment, housing, and jury
selections, should voters be permitted to racially discriminate in selecting
a candidate for public office? In Whitelash, Terry Smith argues that such
racialized decision-making is unlawful and that remedies exist to deter this
reactionary behavior. Using evidence of race-based voting in the 2016
presidential election, Smith deploys legal analogies to demonstrate how courts
canbothdecipherwhengroupsofvotershavebeenimpermissiblyinfluencedby
race,andimposeappropriateremedies.Thisgroundbreakingworkshouldberead
byanyoneinterestedinhowthelegalsystemcanre-directAmericandemocracy
awayfromtheongoingelectoralscourgethatmanyfear2016portended.
TerrySmithhasspentmorethan25yearsteachingatnationallawschools,most
recently as a Distinguished Research Professor. His legal scholarship has been
cited by federal courts, and he is the author of the book Barack Obama, Post-
Racialism,andtheNewPoliticsofTriangulation(2012).
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unmasking white grievance at the
ballot box
TERRY SMITH
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Ifpostmortemsofthe2016U.S.presidentialelectiontellusanything,it’sthatmany
voters discriminate on the basis of race, which raises an important question: In
a society that outlaws racial discrimination in employment, housing, and jury
selections, should voters be permitted to racially discriminate in selecting
a candidate for public office? In Whitelash, Terry Smith argues that such
racialized decision-making is unlawful and that remedies exist to deter this
reactionary behavior. Using evidence of race-based voting in the 2016
presidential election, Smith deploys legal analogies to demonstrate how courts
canbothdecipherwhengroupsofvotershavebeenimpermissiblyinfluencedby
race,andimposeappropriateremedies.Thisgroundbreakingworkshouldberead
byanyoneinterestedinhowthelegalsystemcanre-directAmericandemocracy
awayfromtheongoingelectoralscourgethatmanyfear2016portended.
TerrySmithhasspentmorethan25yearsteachingatnationallawschools,most
recently as a Distinguished Research Professor. His legal scholarship has been
cited by federal courts, and he is the author of the book Barack Obama, Post-
Racialism,andtheNewPoliticsofTriangulation(2012).
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Whitelash
unmasking white grievance at the
ballot box
TERRY SMITH
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NewDelhi–110025,India
79AnsonRoad,#06–04/06,Singapore079906
CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge.
ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof
education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence.
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doi:10.1017/9781108698412
©TerrySmith2020
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andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements,
noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten
permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress.
Firstpublished2020
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isbn978-1-108-42672-5Hardback
isbn978-1-108-44546-7Paperback
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anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain,
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Ifpostmortemsofthe2016U.S.presidentialelectiontellusanything,it’sthatmany
voters discriminate on the basis of race, which raises an important question: In
a society that outlaws racial discrimination in employment, housing, and jury
selections, should voters be permitted to racially discriminate in selecting
a candidate for public office? In Whitelash, Terry Smith argues that such
racialized decision-making is unlawful and that remedies exist to deter this
reactionary behavior. Using evidence of race-based voting in the 2016
presidential election, Smith deploys legal analogies to demonstrate how courts
canbothdecipherwhengroupsofvotershavebeenimpermissiblyinfluencedby
race,andimposeappropriateremedies.Thisgroundbreakingworkshouldberead
byanyoneinterestedinhowthelegalsystemcanre-directAmericandemocracy
awayfromtheongoingelectoralscourgethatmanyfear2016portended.
TerrySmithhasspentmorethan25yearsteachingatnationallawschools,most
recently as a Distinguished Research Professor. His legal scholarship has been
cited by federal courts, and he is the author of the book Barack Obama, Post-
Racialism,andtheNewPoliticsofTriangulation(2012).
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