Natives, Newcomers and Nativism: A Human Rights Model for the Twenty-First Century

Authors

Berta E. Hernández-Truyol, University of Florida Levin College of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1996

OCLC FAST subject heading

Civil rights

Abstract

This article undertakes a broad overview of nativist sentiment and discrimination in U.S. social and legal history. Following a powerful vignette of a personal experience encountering nativism because of her accent, the author briefly reviews the history of the New York City Human Rights Commission in Part II. Part III traces the history of U.S. immigration and the parallel legacy of nativism, while Part IV details the legal developments arising from alienage discrimination. After reviewing relevant sources of international human rights law, the author concludes in Part VI by advocating a new human rights paradigm that will promote equality and the goals of the Commission.

Recommended Citation

Berta Esperanza Hernández-Truyol, Natives, Newcomers and Nativism: A Human Rights Model for the Twenty-First Century, 23 Fordham Urb. L.J. 1075 (1996)