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Race(ing) towards Legal Literacy for (Im)migration amidst COVID-19

Author(s) -

Patriann Smith,

S. Joel Warrican

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

international journal of multidisciplinary perspectives in higher education

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2474-2554

pISSN - 2474-2546

DOI - 10.32674/jimphe.v5i1.2546

Subject(s) - immigration , covid-19 , race (biology) , literacy , function (biology) , political science , women of color , sociology , immigration law , gender studies , law , medicine , disease , pathology , evolutionary biology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , biology

Historically and contemporarily, immigration laws have disproportionately affected immigrant faculty and students of color because they often inadvertently function as racial policy. (Critical) legal literacy enacted via a bottom-up approach can help to address such laws. Higher education institutions, organizations, labor unions and associations are uniquely positioned to use critical legal literacy as a tool of advocacy for immigrant faculty and students of color amidst the adverse effects of COVID-19.

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