Open AccessRace(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/international journal of multidisciplinary perspectives on 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 , immigration law , sociology , 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.