Public Response to Racist Speech: Considering the Victim's Story
Mari Matsuda · Michigan Law Review · 1989
A black family enters a coffee shop in a small Texas town.A white man places a card on their table.The card reads, "You have just been paid a visit by the Ku Klux Klan."The family stands and leaves.I A law student goes to her dorm and finds an anonymous message posted on the door, a caricature image of her race, with a red line slashed through it.