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Educational Studies
A Journal of the American Educational Studies Association
Volume 57, 2021 - Issue 4
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White Skin, Black Blood: The Deconstruction of Plessy v. Ferguson

James Palermoa SUNY College at BuffaloORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2446-2256
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David S. Fusanib SUNY Center for Professional DevelopmentCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 395-408 | Published online: 06 Jul 2021
 
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Abstract

This investigation employs the deconstruction techniques of Jacques Derrida to critique the Plessy v. Ferguson Citation1896 Supreme Court decision which segregated the Public Schools. Overturned by Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka 1954, Plessy’s racist message reverberates today in the cultural divide, in right-wing media, in politics, and in white supremacist propaganda. The core argument is that Plessy is a paradigm case of racism rooted in metaphysical language.

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